New York § 1399-SS Definitions

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§ 1399-SS — Definitions

New York § 1399-SS

Law PBHPublic Health

Art. 13-HRegulation of Sharps

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N.Y. Public Health § 1399-SS (2026).

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  § 1399-ss. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, unless the\ncontext clearly requires otherwise:\n  1. "Engineered sharps injury protection" means a physical attribute\nbuilt into, or used with, a sharp that effectively reduces the risk of a\nsharps injury by a mechanism such as barrier creation, blunting,\nencapsulation, withdrawal, retraction, destruction or other mechanism.\n  2. "Exposure incident" means contact with blood or other potentially\ninfectious materials that results from a sharps injury.\n  3. "Sharp" means any device that is or includes a needle used in the\nprovision of health care, except for self-administration.\n  4. "Sharps injury" means any injury caused by a sharp, including, but\nnot limited to, a cut, abrasion, or needlestick.\n

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§ 1399-ss. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, unless the\ncontext clearly requires otherwise:\n 1. "Engineered sharps injury protection" means a physical attribute\nbuilt into, or used with, a sharp that effectively reduces the risk of a\nsharps injury by a mechanism such as barrier creation, blunting,\nencapsulation, withdrawal, retraction, destruction or other mechanism.\n 2. "Exposure incident" means contact with blood or other potentially\ninfectious materials that results from a sharps injury.\n 3. "Sharp" means any device that is or includes a needle used in the\nprovision of health care, except for self-administration.\n 4. "Sharps injury" means any injury caused by a sharp, including, but\nnot limited to, a cut, abrasion, or needlestick.\n