Occupational Health and Safety Code

525.1

An employer must ensure that a worker’s exposure to blood‑borne pathogens or other biohazardous material is controlled in accordance with section 9.

525.2(1)

Subsections (2) and (3) come into effect on July 1, 2010.

525.2(2)

An employer must provide and ensure that any medical sharp is a safety engineered medical sharp.

525.2(3)

Subsection (2) does not apply if

(a) use of the required safety engineered medical sharp is not clinically appropriate in the particular circumstances, or

(b) the required safety engineered sharp is not available in commercial markets.

525.2(4)

An employer must develop and implement safe work procedures for the use and disposal of medical sharps if a worker is required to use or dispose of a medical sharp.

525.2(5)

An employer must ensure that a worker who is required to use and dispose of a medical sharp is trained in the safe work procedures required by subsection (4), and such training must include

(a) the hazards associated with the use and disposal of medical sharps,

(b) the proper use and limitations of safety engineered medical sharps,

(c) procedures to eliminate accidental contact with medical sharps, and

(d) any other relevant information.

525.2(6)

A worker must use and dispose of a medical sharp in accordance with the training provided by the employer.

526(1)

An employer must provide sharps containers and ensure that they are located as close as is reasonably practicable to where sharps are used.

526(2)

A worker must use the sharps container provided.

526(3)

An employer must ensure that a sharps container has a clearly defined fill line and is sturdy enough to resist puncture under normal conditions of use and handling.

527

A person must not recap waste needles.

528(1)

An employer must establish policies and procedures dealing with storing, handling, using and disposing of biohazardous materials.

528(2)

An employer must ensure that workers are informed of the health hazards associated with exposure to the biohazardous material.

529

An employer must ensure that worker exposure to biohazardous materials is kept as low as reasonably practicable.

530

An employer must establish policies and procedures for the post exposure management of workers exposed to biohazardous material.