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ENGINEERING AND WORK PRACTICE CONTROLS CONTINUEDIn this Dental Office/Practice/Facility:D. WASHING FACILITIES Washing facilities are available and readily accessible to all employees. Hands are washed thoroughly with warm water and the anti-microbial soap solution provided for thispurpose immediately after removal of gloves. Other skin areas are washed immediately or as soon as feasible after being contaminated with bloodor other potentially infectious materials.E. DISPOSABLE SHARPSRecapping Needles-Rationale and Procedure:In dentistry, administering incremental doses of anesthetic to the same patient is often necessaryand local anesthetic syringes are reusable when used on the same patient during a single dentalappointment. It is necessary, therefore, to recap needles between use and to remove needles fromthe syringe after of each patient’s treatment.Handling and disposal of needles without strict compliance with the followingprotocol can lead to serious exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials. Employees have been trained to perform these procedures safely and in accordance with OSHABloodborne Pathogens Standard. Contaminated needles are uncoupled from syringe and immediately disposed of in the sharpscontainers provided for this purpose. Sharps containers are located as close as possible to the site of use. Contaminated needles are never bent, sheared or purposely broken.Needle recapping is performed: by the one-handed scoop methodOR by using mechanical devicesOR Other:(Please specify)OSHA EXPOSURE CONTROL PLAN…a member benefit from the WDA 12