Needle stick legislation passed by Congress that became law on November 6, 2000, caused OSHA to revise its Bloodborne Pathogen Standards. This act clarified the role of employers to:
1. Use Universal Precautions when dealing with all patients
2. Select safer needle devices as they became available
3. Provide needle disposal boxes
4. Incinerate all infectious waste including needles
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Health care facilities by law have to select safer needle devices and involve employees in identi-fying and choosing the devices.
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