Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 1 - Administration
Chapter 10 - Licensing, Certification, and Approvals
Article 4 - Environmental Health and Safety
7 AAC 10.1045 - Universal precautions
Current through November 28, 2024
An entity shall take precautions to reduce risk against the spread of a communicable, contagious, or infectious disease that could pose a significant threat to the health, safety, or welfare of adults or children in care. In addition to the applicable requirements of 7 AAC 10.1000 - 7 AAC 10.1095, precautions include
(1) seeking and complying with current medical and sanitation advice on communicable, contagious, or infectious diseases;
(2) adopting universal precautions, including the use of gloves, to handle potential exposure to blood, blood-contaminating body fluids, and injury discharges;
(3) training staff, if any, in universal precautions and in the prevention of communicable, contagious, and infectious diseases;
(4) ensuring that the caregiver hygiene requirements of 7 AAC 10.1050 are met;
(5) encouraging children, or adults with impaired judgment, to wash their hands
(6) encouraging children to wash their hands before and after participation in moist play, including molding clay or painting.
Authority:AS 18.05.010
AS 18.05.040
AS 44.29.020
AS 47.14.120
AS 47.32.010
AS 47.32.030
AS 47.32.130
AS 47.32.140
AS 47.33.005
AS 47.33.010
