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1904.8(b)(2) Does This Mean That I Must Record All Cuts, Lacerations, Punctures, and Scratches?
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No, you need to record cuts, lacerations, punctures, and scratches only if they are work-related and involve contamination with another person's blood or other potentially infectious material. If the cut, laceration, or scratch involves a clean object, or a contaminant other than blood or other potentially infectious material, you need to record the case only if it meets one or more of the recording criteria in ยง 1904.7.
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