64B1-8.001. Definitions

CHAPTER 64B1-8 INFECTION CONTROL 64B1-8.001 Definitions 64B1-8.002 Office Hygiene, Sterilization, Monitoring, and Infection Control 64B1-8.003 Office Hygiene (Repealed) 64B1-8.004 Disposal of Biomedical Waste 64B1-8.005 Infection Control Training 64B1-8.006 Laboratory Test and Imaging Results Education 64B1-8.001 Definitions. (1) Needles: solid filiform instruments used in the practice of acupuncture. This includes, but is not limited to, dermal needles, plum blossom needles, press needles, prismatic needles and disposable lancets. Pursuant to section 457.1085, F.S., all acupuncture needles that are to be used on a patient must be sterile and disposable, and each needle may be used only once. (2) Sterilization: kills all microbial life, including all bacterial spores, for instruments which enter tissue. Sterilization is accomplished by subjecting clean items to steam under pressure (autoclaving), or to dry heat.