Each health care facility or institution licensed by the Department of Public Health pursuant to this chapter, if advised by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and each health care facility or institution that employs state employees, except the dental clinics operated by The University of Connecticut Health Center and its divisions, the school of dental medicine of The University of Connecticut and the dental clinics of said school until such time as manufacturers have designed and are making needles that have self-contained secondary precautionary type sheathing devices for dental medicine, shall use only injectable equipment having self-contained secondary precautionary type sheathing devices or alternate devices designed to prevent accidental needlestick injuries. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any drug or biologic product that is prepackaged with an administration system or used in a prefilled syringe and is approved for commercial distribution or investigational use by the federal Food and Drug Administration, provided a sharp object injury protection disposal system is in place.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 19a-490d

  • Institution: means a hospital, short-term hospital special hospice, hospice inpatient facility, residential care home, nursing home facility, home health care agency, home health aide agency, behavioral health facility, assisted living services agency, substance abuse treatment facility, outpatient surgical facility, outpatient clinic, clinical laboratory, an infirmary operated by an educational institution for the care of students enrolled in, and faculty and employees of, such institution. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-490