New York Consolidated Laws, Public Health Law - PBH § 1399-ss. Definitions

1. “Engineered sharps injury protection” means a physical attribute built into, or used with, a sharp that effectively reduces the risk of a sharps injury by a mechanism such as barrier creation, blunting, encapsulation, withdrawal, retraction, destruction or other mechanism.

2. “Exposure incident” means contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that results from a sharps injury.

3. “Sharp” means any device that is or includes a needle used in the provision of health care, except for self-administration.

4. “Sharps injury” means any injury caused by a sharp, including, but not limited to, a cut, abrasion, or needlestick.