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ENGINEERING AND WORK PRACTICE CONTROLS CONTINUEDIn this Dental Office/Practice/Facility:I. IMPRESSIONS/APPLIANCES/EQUIPMENT ETC. Universal precautions are used at all times whenever handling anything contaminated with bloodor other potentially infectious materials. It is not necessary therefore to label impressions and/orappliances, etc. when handling and transporting them within this dental office/practice/facility. All materials (impressions, appliances, etc.) are decontaminated (see below) before entering theoffice in-house laboratory. All materials (impressions, appliances, etc.) are decontaminated (see below) before packaging forshipping to an outside laboratory.Decontamination method used: 1) Rinse away saliva and debris with running waterAND 2) Immerse inOR 2) Spray with(Name of the disinfectant used and immersion time as per package instructions)(Name of the disinfectant used and contact time as per package instructions) Equipment, which has been contaminated with blood or other potentially infectious materials, isdecontaminated before servicing or shipping. Contaminated equipment, which cannot be decontaminated before servicing or shipping, will beidentified with a biohazard-warning label. (See page 29)OSHA EXPOSURE CONTROL PLAN…a member benefit from the WDA 15