PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATION 2012 - REG 25
Premises must have sharps containers and supply of sterile disposable needles
PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATION 2012 - REG 25
Premises must have sharps containers and supply of sterile disposable needles
25 Premises must have sharps containers and supply of sterile disposable
needles
(1) If skin penetration procedures that involve the use of sharps are carried
out at the premises, there must be an appropriate sharps container at the
premises.
(2) If skin penetration procedures that involve the use of needles
are carried out at the premises, there must be an adequate supply of sterile
disposable needles at the premises.
(3) In this clause,
"appropriate sharps container" means--
(a) if skin penetration procedures that
involve the use of reusable sharps are carried out at the premises--a sharps
container that complies with AS/NZS 4261:1994Reusable containers for the
collection of sharp items used in human and animal medical applications , or
(b) if skin penetration procedures that involve the use of non-reusable sharps
are carried out at the premises--a sharps container that complies with AS
4031-1992Non-reusable containers for the collection of sharp medical items
used in health care areas .
