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These levels are established to ensure adequate protection of employees at exposures below the OSHA limits, but to minimize the compliance burdens for employers whose employees have exposures below the 8 hour permissible exposure limit (PEL). The AL for formaldehyde is 0.5 ppm.

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Action Level/AL-Exposure Limits:

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A specific group of diseases or Conditions which are indicative of severe immunosuprression related to infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); persons dead having had AIDS may exhibit conditions such as wasting syndrome, extrapulmonary tuberculosis, and Kaposi’s sarcoma.

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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome/AIDS:

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to disperse as an aerosol; minute particles of blood and water become atomized and suspended in air when water under pressure meets the blood drainage or when flushing an uncovered flush sink.

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Aerosolization:

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A carcinogen potentially produced when formaldehyde and sodium hypochlorite come into contact with each other; normally occurs only in a controlled laboratory setting and requires a catalyst.

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Bischloromethyl Ether/BCME:

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Biological agent or condition that constitutes a hazard to humans.

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Biohazard:

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Means human blood, human blood components, and products made from human blood.

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Blood:

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OSHA REGULATION (29CFR 1910-1030) regulating the employee’s exposure to blood and other body fluids. OSHA DEFINITIONS: Blood, human blood, human blood components, and products made from human blood.

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Bloodborne Pathogen Rule:

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Pathogenic microorganisms that are present inhuman blood and can cause disease in humans; these pathogens include, but are not limited to, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

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Bloodborne pathogens:

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A cancer-causing chemical or material.

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Carcinogen:

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A major agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, concerned with all phases of control of communicable, vector-borne, and occupational diseases.

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Center for Disease Control and Prevention/CDCP (CDC):

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Disease that may be transmitted either directly or indirectly between individuals by an infectious agent.

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Communicable Disease:

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Disinfection practices carried out during the embalming process.

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Concurrent Disinfection:

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Disease that may be transmitted between individuals, with reference to the organism that causes a disease.

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Contagious Disease:

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The presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an item or surface.

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Contaminated:

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Laundry which has been soiled with blood or other potentially infectious materials or may contain sharps.

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Contaminated laundry:

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Any contaminated object that can penetrate the skin including, but not limited to, needles, scalpels, broken glass, and exposed ends of wires.

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Contaminated sharps:

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A disease of the central nervous system with unknown Etiology assumed to be a slow virus; because of unknown etiology, care givers using invasive procedures use extreme caution.

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Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease:

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means the use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate, or destroy bloodborne pathogens on a surface or item to the point where they are no longer cable of transmitting infectious particles and the surface or item is rendered safe for handling, use, or disposal.

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Decontamination:

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Any deviation from or interruption of the normal structure or function of a body part, organ, or system

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Disease:

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An agent, usually chemical, applied to inanimate objects’/surfaces to destroy disease microbial agents, but usually not bacterial spores.

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Disinfectant:

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The destruction and /or inhibition of most pathogenic organisms and their products in or on the body.

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Disinfection:

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means the exposure to airborne formaldehyde which would occur without corrections for protection provided by any respirator that is in use.

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Employee exposure:

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Procedures that isolate or remove the bloodborne pathogen hazard from the workplace such as sharps disposal container, self-sheathing needles.

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Engineering controls:

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A governmental agency with environmental protection regulatory and enforcement authority.

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Environmental Protection Agency/EPA:

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A specific eye, mouth, other mucous membrane, non-intact skin, or parenteral, contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that results from the performance of an employee’s duties.

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Exposure Incident:

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means that an employee is subjected in the course of employment to a chemical that is a physical or health hazard, and includes potential (e.g. accidental or possible) exposure. “Subjected” in terms of health hazards includes any route of entry (e.g. inhalation, ingestion, skin contact or absorption.)

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Exposure or exposed:

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OSHA required emergency safety device providing a steady stream of water for flushing the eye.

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Eye Wash Station:

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Colorless, strong smelling gas that when used in solution is a powerful preservative and disinfectant; a potential occupational carcinogen. Chemical Abstracts Service Registry No. 50-00-0.

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Formaldehyde/HCHO:

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means a facility providing an adequate supply of running potable water, soap and single use towels or hot air drying machines.

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Handwashing Facilities:

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OSHA regulation that deals with identifying and limiting exposure to occupational hazards.

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Hazard Communication Standard/Rule:

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means any words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof appearing on a label or other appropriate form of warning which convey the specific physical and health hazard(s), including target organ effects, of the chemical(s) in the container(s).

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Hazard warning:

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means a chemical for which there is statistically significant evidence based on at least one study conducted in accordance with established scientific principles that acute or chronic health effects may occur in exposed employees. includes chemicals which are carcinogens, toxic or highly toxic agents, reproductive toxins, irritants, corrosives, sensitizers, hepatotoxins, nephrotoxins, neurotoxins, agents which act on the hematopoietic system, and agents which damage the lungs, skin, eyes, or mucous membranes.

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Health hazard:

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OSHA regulation limiting the amount of occupation exposure to formaldehyde gas.

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Formaldehyde Rule:

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means any chemical which is a physical hazard or a health hazard.

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Hazardous chemical:

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Inflammation of the liver. It may be caused by a variety of agents, including viral infections, bacterial invasion, and physical or chemical agents. It is usually accompanied by fever, jaundice, and an enlarged liver.

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Hepatitis:

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a severe infectious blood borne virus.

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Hepatitis B Virus/HBV:

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An inflammatory skin disease marked by small vesicles in clusters, usually restricted to diseases caused by Herpes virus.

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Herpes:

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A 5% sodium hypochlorite solution; 12 oz of household bleach with 116 oz of water yields one gallon of a 10% household bleach solution (5000 ppm sodium hypochlorite.)

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Household Bleach:

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A type of retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

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Human Immuniodeficiency Virus/HIV:

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Body of a deceased person, including cremated remains.

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Human Remains:

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The strength of embalming fluids indicated by the number of grams of pure Formaldehyde gas dissolved in 100ml of water. Index usually refers to a percentage; an embalming fluid with an index of 25 usually contains 25% formaldehyde gas.

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Index:

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The act or instance of forcing a fluid into the vascular system or directly into tissues.

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Injection:

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The amount of pressure produced by an injection device to overcome initial resistance within (intravascular) or on (extravascular) the vascular system (arterial or venous).

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Injection Pressure:

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Disease caused by the growth of a pathogenic microorganism in the body.

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Infectious Disease:

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Same as biohazard. (Biological agent or condition that constitutes a hazard to humans.)

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Infectious Waste:

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An agent or material exposing one to risk.

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Hazardous Material:

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means any written, printed, or graphic material displayed on or affixed to containers of hazardous chemicals

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Label:

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A severe, often fatal bacterial disease characterized by pneumonia, dry cough and sometimes gastrointestinal symptoms.

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Legionnaires Disease:

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This must accompany a hazardous product; a Requirement of the Department of Labor and OSHA under the Hazard Communication Standard. New term is SDS which stands for Safety Data Sheets

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Material Safety Data Sheet/MSDS:

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A minute one celled form of life not distinguishable as to vegetable or animal nature.

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Microbe (Microorganism):

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Reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral, contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that may result from the performance of a worker’s duties.

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Occupational Exposure:

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A government agency with the responsibility for regulation and enforcement of safety and health matters for most United States employees; an individual State OSHA agency may supersede the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA regulations.

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration/OSHA:

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means (1) The following human body fluids: semen, vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, pericardial fluid, peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental procedures, any body fluid that is visibly contaminated with blood, and all body fluids in situations where it is difficult or impossible to differentiate between body fluids; (2) Any unfixed tissue or organ (other than intact skin) from a human (living or dead); and (3) HIV-containing cell or tissue cultures, organ cultures, and HIV-or HBV-containing culture medium or other solutions; and blood, organs, or other tissues from experimental animals infected with HIV or HBV.

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Other Potentially Infectious Materials/OPIM:

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In contaminated air, the parts of vapor or gas (formaldehyde) per million parts of air by volume; in solution the parts of chemical per million parts of solution.

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Parts per Million/ppm:

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means piercing mucous membranes or the skin barrier through such events as needle sticks, human bites, cuts, and abrasions.

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Parenteral:

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The maximum legal limits established by OSHA for Regulated substances. These are based on employee exposure that are time-weighted over an 8 hour work shift. When these limits are exceeded, employers must take proper steps to reduce employee exposure.

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Permissible Exposure Limit/PEL:

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The employer shall assure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of formaldehyde which exceeds 0.75 parts formaldehyde per million parts of air (0.75 ppm) as an 8 hour TWA.

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Time Weighted Average (TWA):

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The employer shall assure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of formaldehyde which exceeds two parts formaldehyde per million parts of air (2 ppm) as a 15 minute STEL.

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Short Term Exposure Limit (STEL):

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Those items of protection worn to minimize exposure to hazards; those items worn by the embalmer to avoid contact with blood and other body fluids.

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Personal Protective Equipment/PPE:

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That area or facility wherein embalming, dressing, cosmetizing, or other body preparation are effected.

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Preparation Room:

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The supervisor, in an institution licensed to use radionuclides, that has the responsibility to establish procedures and make recommendations in the use of all radioactive matter.

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Radiation Protection Officer:

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means liquid or semi-liquid blood or other potentially infectious materials; contaminated items that would release blood or other potentially infectious materials in a liquid or semi-liquid state if compressed; items that are caked with dried blood or other potentially infectious materials and are capable of releasing these materials during handling; contaminated sharps; and pathological and microbiological wastes containing blood or other potentially infectious materials.

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Regulated Waste:

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Disinfection carried out prior to the embalming process.

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Primary Disinfection:

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A process to promote and establish conditions which minimize or eliminate biohazards.

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Sanitation:

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Hypodermic needles, suture needles, injector needles, scalpel blades, razor blades, pins and other items sharp enough to cause percutaneous injury, penetration of unbroken skin; may include other items normally not disposed of following use such as scissors, teeth, fingernails, and ribs.

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Sharps:

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OSHA required receptacle for proper disposal of sharps.

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Sharps Container:

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Legal limits established by OSHA to which workers can be exposed continuously for a short period of time without damage or injury. Exposures at the STEL should not be for more than 15 minutes and not repeated more than 4 times per work day.

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Short Term Exposure Limit/STEL:

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An unstable salt usually produced in an aqueous solution and used as a bleaching and disinfecting agent.

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Sodium Hypochlorite:

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means any individual, living or dead, whose blood or other potentially infectious materials may be a source of occupational exposure to the employee. Examples include, but are not limited to, hospital and clinic patients; clients in institutions for the developmentally disabled; trauma victims; clients of drug and alcohol treatment facilities; residents of hospices and nursing homes; human remains; and individuals who donate or sell blood or blood components.

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Source Individual:

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Process that renders a substance free of all microorganisms.

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Sterilization:

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Situated or occurring beneath the skin.

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Subcutaneous:

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An evaluation of exposures that are time-weighted over an established period. It allows the exposure levels to be averaged generally over an 8 hour time period.

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Time-Weighed Average/TWA:

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An approach to infection control. According to the concept of Universal Precautions, all human blood and certain human body fluids are treated as if known to be infectious.

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Universal Precautions:

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means a room or defined space in a workplace where hazardous chemicals are produced or used, and where employees are present.

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Work area:

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Controls that reduce the likelihood of exposure by altering the manner in which a task is performed; prohibiting recapping of needles, and not allowing blood splatter or aerosolization of blood while draining during the embalming process.

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Work Practice Controls:

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