REGULATIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS:

MINNESOTA STATUTES: CHAPTER 6950 - INFECTION CONTROL

For the Entire MN Chapter 6950 Visit: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/arule/6950/

6950.1030 COMPLIANCE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OF CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL

Subpart 1. Scope of responsibility. A regulated person must comply with the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control to the extent that the recommendations are consistent with the requirements of parts 6950.1000 to 6950.1080. The recommendations are contained in the following Centers for Disease Control documents:

A. "Guideline for Handwashing and Hospital Environmental Control," 1985;

B. "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report," August 21, 1987, Vol. 36, No. 2S;

C. "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report," June 24, 1988, Vol. 37, No. 24;

D. "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report," February 9, 1990, Vol. 39, No. RR-2;

E. "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report," May 28, 1993, Vol. 42, No. RR-8; and

F. "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report," June 7, 1996, Vol. 45, No. 22.

The recommendations are incorporated by reference. The recommendations are available at the Minnesota State Law Library, Judicial Center, 25 Constitution Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55155. The recommendations are subject to frequent change.

Subp. 2. Inconsistencies. To the extent there are inconsistencies between the requirements of parts 6950.1000 to 6950.1080 and the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the requirements of parts 6950.1000 to 6950.1080 supersede the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If there are inconsistencies in the recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the most recent recommendations supersede earlier recommendations.

STAT AUTH: MS s 214.24

HIST: 21 SR 1668

Current as of 06/06/97

6950.1060 GENERAL CONTROLS

Subpart 1. General requirements. A regulated person:

A. must not cut, bend, or break contaminated needles;

B. must minimize exposure to contaminated sharps by actions such as not recapping or removing a contaminated sharp from its base unless the regulated person can demonstrate that no safer alternative is feasible, that the action is required by a specific medical procedure, or that the base is reusable, in which case the recapping or removal must be accomplished through
the use of a mechanical device or a one-handed technique;

C. must minimize splashing, spraying, spattering, and generation of droplets of potentially infectious materials;

D. must not perform mouth pipetting or suctioning of potentially infectious materials;

E. must, before caring for a subsequent patient, remove and replace protective coverings used to cover equipment or work surfaces in work areas if the coverings become
contaminated;

F. must remove debris and residue and decontaminate equipment before the equipment is repaired in the clinical practice location or transported to another site for repair or, if the equipment cannot be decontaminated before repair, must label the equipment as potentially contaminated; and

G. must pick up contaminated objects in such a manner that bare or covered skin does not come into contact with contaminated sharp surfaces.

Subp. 4. Contaminated equipment, instruments, and devices.

A. All debris and residue from reusable contaminated equipment, instruments, and devices must be completely removed.

B. Equipment, instruments, and devices which come into contact with a patient's vascular system or other normally sterile areas of the body must be sterilized.

C. Reusable equipment, instruments, and devices which come into contact with a patient's intact mucous membranes but do not penetrate body surfaces must be sterilized or high-level disinfected.

D. Reusable equipment, instruments, and devices which come into contact with a patient's intact skin must be decontaminated.

E. Work surfaces must be decontaminated immediately or as soon as feasible after the surfaces become contaminated and prior to treatment of a subsequent patient.

STAT AUTH: MS s 214.24

HIST:21 SR 1668

Current as of 06/06/97.

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