30 Miss. Code. R. 2101-8.13 - Blood Spill Procedures

A. Practitioner injury. While risk expected with these practices is minimal, practitioners are cautioned to always use disposable plastic gloves prior to contacting blood or bodily fluids. If a practitioner sustains a cut, or other blood spill injury, the client service must be immediately stopped, and the following procedure employed:

1. Clean injured area with soap and water. Apply antiseptic and/or liquid styptic or spray styptic as necessary. The use of styptic pencil is prohibited. Containers, brushes or nozzles of liquid styptic are not allowed to touch the skin or contact the wound. An applicator, such as a sanitized piece of gauze or cotton must be used.

2. Cover injury with an adhesive dressing or band aid.

3. Put on properly sized disposable plastic gloves.

4. Any tissue or cotton used to collect blood, or clean injury must be disposed of in a sealed plastic bag. This plastic bag must be put into another plastic bag (double bagged) and discarded.

5. Clean and disinfect work area and remove or disinfect any contaminated implements as provided in Rule 8.9.

6. Discard plastic gloves. Wash and scrub hands with soap and water. Follow with an antibacterial scrub on hands. Replace adhesive dressing or band aid as needed. If the wound is on a hand, put on properly sized, disposable plastic glove on the injured hand.

7. If necessary, clean client with soap and water.

8. In the event of a blood to blood contact, consult with a private physician.

B. Client injury: If a client sustains a cut, or other blood spill injury, the client service must be immediately stopped, and the following procedure employed:

1. Put on properly sized, disposable plastic gloves.

2. Clean injured area with soap and water. Apply antiseptic and/or liquid styptic or spray styptic as necessary. The use of styptic pencil is prohibited. Containers, brushes or nozzles of liquid styptic are not allowed to touch the skin or contact the wound. An applicator, such as a sanitized piece of gauze or cotton must be used.

3. If necessary, Cover injury with an adhesive dressing or band aid.

4. Any tissue or cotton used to collect blood, or clean injury must be disposed of in a sealed plastic bag. This plastic bag must be put into another plastic bag (double bagged) and discarded.

5. Clean and disinfect work area and remove or disinfect any contaminated implements as provided in Rule 8.9.

6. Discard plastic gloves. Wash and scrub hands with soap and water. Follow with an antibacterial scrub on hands.

7. In the event of a blood to blood contact, consult with private physician.

Notes

30 Miss. Code. R. 2101-8.13

Miss. Code Ann. §§ 73-7-7, 73-7-33 (Rev. 2012)