Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 96 - BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN CONTROL
Section 96.401 - Sharps Injury Log
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) The chief administrative officer for each facility within a governmental unit shall report, as required by this section, each employee, as defined in § 96.101(7) of this title (relating to Definitions), who sustains a contaminated sharps injury, as defined in § 96.101(5) of this title. The chief administrative officer of the governmental unit may designate an employee for each facility within the governmental unit to serve as the reporting officer.
(b) Information concerning each contaminated sharps injury shall be recorded in a written or electronic sharps injury log which shall be maintained by a governmental unit, in accordance with Health and Safety Code, Chapter 81, Subchapter H, and this chapter.
(c) The following information must be recorded in the sharps injury log:
(d) Information contained in subsection (c)(1) - (17) of this section concerning each contaminated sharps injury shall be reported no later than 30 days after it occurred.
(e) A chief administrative officer for each facility within a governmental unit or the designee shall report the contaminated sharps injury to the local health authority where the facility is located. The local health authority, acting as an agent for the Department of State Health Services (department), shall receive and review the report for completeness, and submit the report to the department. If no local health authority is appointed for the jurisdiction where the facility is located, the report shall be made to the regional director of the department's regional office in which the facility is located.
(f) A contaminated sharps injury shall be reported on the department's Contaminated Sharps Injury Reporting Form or through an electronic means established by the department. Copies of the Contaminated Sharps Injury Reporting Form can be obtained on the Internet at http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/health/bloodborne_pathogens/reporting/ or from the department's regional offices.