Mich. Admin. Code R. 338.2179e - Blood spill procedures
Rule 79e.
(1) A
licensee or owner shall comply with all of the following provisions if a blood
spill occurs:
(a) Temporarily suspend the
service being performed.
(b)
Provide the bleeding person with adequate first aid supplies so that the
bleeding person can stop the bleeding and cover the wound.
(c) Sterilize any equipment, tool, or
implement that comes into contact with blood.
(d) Immediately discard porous materials,
including abrasive boards/blocks/buffers, orangewood sticks, and pumice stones,
if involved in a blood spill.
(e)
Immediately clean floors and other durable surfaces soiled with blood with a
sodium hypochlorite solution such as household bleach or other approved
hospital grade disinfectant.
(f)
Dispose of blood spill waste in clearly labeled containers or bags.
(2) A licensee shall not perform
services until all bleeding has ceased and the wound has been covered. A
licensee shall keep an open sore, cut, burn, or other wound covered when
services are being performed.
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