Ohio Administrative Code
Title 4167 - Public Employment Risk Reduction Program
Chapter 4167-6 - Recording and Reporting Injury and Illness
Section 4167-6-11 - Needlestick records

(1) "Public health care worker" means a person who is employed by a public employer to provide health services or other services that carry with them the potential for exposure incidents to bloodborne pathogens, including a person employed by a public hospital or other public health care facility, a person employed by a public employer to provide home health care, and a person employed by a public employer as a firefighter, emergency medical technician-basic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, or emergency medical technician-paramedic.

(2) "Public health care worker" does not include a person who is employed by a public employer to provide dental services, treatment, or training or a dental student who is receiving training from a public employer.

(1) The date and time of the incident;

(2) The type and brand of sharp involved;

(3) The job classification of each worker involved;

(4) The department or work area where the incident occurred;

(5) The procedure the worker was performing at the time of the incident;

(6) How the incident occurred;

(7) The body part involved;

(8) If the sharp involved in the incident was manufactured with engineered sharps injury protection, a specification of whether the incident occurred before, during, or after activation of the protective mechanism;

(9) If the sharp involved in the incident was not manufactured with engineered sharps injury protection, an assessment of whether and how the incident could have been prevented by a sharp with protection, and the basis for the assessment;

(10) Any other relevant description of the exposure incident.

Replaces: 4167-3-06