Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 010 - Agriculture, Dept. of
Sub-Agency 0003 - Medicine, Board of
Chapter 5 - RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE FOR THE LICENSURE OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
Section 5-6 - Hand Antiseptics
Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 5-6
Current through September 21, 2024
(a) A hand antiseptic used as a topical application, a hand antiseptic solution used as a hand dip, or a hand antiseptic soap shall:
(i) Comply with one of the following:
(A) Be an approved drug that is listed in the
FDA publication Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations
as an approved drug based on safety and effectiveness; or
(B) Have active antimicrobial ingredients
that are listed in:
(I) The FDA monograph for
OTC Health-Care Antiseptic Drug Products as an antiseptic handwash;
and
(ii)
Comply with one of the following:
(A) Have
components that are exempted from the requirement of being listed in federal
Food Additive regulations as specified in
21
CFR 170.39 -Threshold of regulation for
substances used in food-contact articles; or
(B) Comply with and be listed in:
(I)21 CFR
178 - Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants,
Production Aids, and Sanitizers as regulated for use as an additive with
conditions of safe use; or
(II)21 CFR
182 - Substances Generally Recognized as
Safe, 21 CFR
184 - Direct Food Substances Affirmed as
Generally Recognized as Safe, or
21 CFR
186 - Indirect Food Substances Affirmed as
Generally Recognized as Safe for use in contact with food; and
(iii) Be applied only
to hands that are cleaned as specified under Chapter 5, Section
3.
(b) If a hand antiseptic or a hand antiseptic solution used as a hand dip does not meet the criteria specified under Chapter 5, Section 6(a), use shall be:
(i) Followed by thorough hand rinsing in
clean water before hand contact with food or by the use of gloves; or
(ii) Limited to situations that involve no
direct contact with food by the bare hands.
(c) A hand antiseptic solution used as a hand dip shall be maintained clean and at a strength equivalent to at least one hundred (100) mg/l chlorine.
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