At-risk employee. An employee whose daily work includes tasks with greater risk of exposure to blood-borne pathogens. Typical examples are medical, janitorial, and emergency response staff (see Employee Exposure Determination)

Blood-borne pathogen. An infectious viruses, bacteria, or other disease, such as the human immunodeficiency (HIV), hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV) viruses

Exposure control plan (ECP). A detailed plan to identify potential exposures to blood-borne pathogens and control those exposures through such measures as vaccinations, engineering and procedural controls, housekeeping, training, and personal protective equipment. This chapter constitutes the ECP for SLAC.

Log, OSHA 300. Log used to record and classify occupational injuries and illnesses and for noting the extent of medical care provided, as required by 29 CFR 1904 (see ES&H Manual, Chapter 28, "Accident Investigation"

Log, Sharps. Log used to record every employee exposure incident involving a sharp, required by 8 CCR 5193

Other potentially infectious materials (OPIM). Material other than blood capable of harboring a blood-borne pathogen:

• The following human body fluids: semen, vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, pericardial fluid, peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental procedures, any body fluid that is visibly contaminated with blood, and all body fluids in situations where it is difficult or impossible to differentiate between body fluids
• Any unfixed tissue or organ (other than intact skin) from a human (living or dead)
• HIV-containing cell or tissue cultures, organ cultures, and HIV- or HBV-containing culture medium or other solutions; and blood, organs, or other tissues from experimental animals infected with HIV or HBV

Red bag. Bag used for the collection of infectious and biomedical/biohazardous waste and designed to meet labeling, color, and impact specifications. It must be conspicuously labeled with the words "biohazardous waste" or with the international biohazard symbol and the word "biohazard". Bags containing biohazardous/biomedical waste must be red in color, and be labeled either as "infectious waste", or with the international symbol and the word "biohazard".

Regulated waste. Liquid or semi-liquid blood or other potentially infectious materials; contaminated items that would release blood or other potentially infectious materials in a liquid or semi-liquid state if compressed; items that are caked with dried blood or other potentially infectious materials and are capable of releasing these materials during handling; contaminated sharps; and pathological and microbiological wastes containing blood or other potentially infectious materials

Sharp. Any object that can be reasonably anticipated to penetrate the skin or any other part of the body, and to result in an exposure incident, including needle devices, scalpels, lancets, broken glass, broken capillary tubes, exposed ends of dental wires and dental knives, drills and burs.

SLAC Emergency Response Team (SERT). Volunteers trained in the emergency response procedures and the use of emergency supplies that are stored at SLAC (see Chapter 37, "Emergencies")

Universal precaution. The rule that any blood or OPIM be treated as if infected by a blood-borne pathogen