7 AAC 10.1045 - Universal precautions

An entity shall take precautions to reduce risk against the spread of a communicable, contagious, or infectious disease that could pose a significant threat to the health, safety, or welfare of adults or children in care. In addition to the applicable requirements of 7 AAC 10.1000 - 7 AAC 10.1095, precautions include

(1) seeking and complying with current medical and sanitation advice on communicable, contagious, or infectious diseases;

(2) adopting universal precautions, including the use of gloves, to handle potential exposure to blood, blood-contaminating body fluids, and injury discharges;

(3) training staff, if any, in universal precautions and in the prevention of communicable, contagious, and infectious diseases;

(4) ensuring that the caregiver hygiene requirements of 7 AAC 10.1050 are met;

(5) encouraging children, or adults with impaired judgment, to wash their hands

(A) before food handling, preparation, serving, or table setting;

(B) before eating;

(C) after toileting;

(D) after handling pets or other animals; and

(E) when hands are contaminated with a body fluid, including after nose wiping; and

(6) encouraging children to wash their hands before and after participation in moist play, including molding clay or painting.

Notes

7 AAC 10.1045

Eff. 6/23/2006, Register 178

Authority:AS 18.05.010

AS 18.05.040

AS 44.29.020

AS 47.14.120

AS 47.32.010

AS 47.32.030

AS 47.32.130

AS 47.32.140

AS 47.33.005

AS 47.33.010