§ 18-572. Personal protective equipment.

Appropriate personal protective equipment shall be worn as follows:

(1)

A clean protective clothing layer shall be worn whenever there is a reasonably anticipated risk of contamination of clothing by blood or OPIM.

(2)

Masks in combination with eye protection devices, such as goggles or glasses with solid side shield, or chin length face shield, shall be worn whenever splashes, spray, splatter, or droplets of blood or OPIM may be generated and eye, nose, or mouth contamination can be reasonably anticipated.

(3)

Disposable gloves shall be worn during the tattooing process. Gloves shall be changed and properly disposed of each time there is an interruption in the application of the tattoo or the piercing of the body, when the gloves become torn or punctured, or whenever the ability to function as a barrier is compromised. Disposable gloves shall not be reused.

(4)

Gloves shall be worn when decontaminating environmental surfaces and equipment.

(Code 1985, § 123.20; Ord. No. 4248, 2-2-1998)