W. Va. Code R. § 64-21-10
Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 64-21-10 - Employee Health10.1. All staff members shall wear clean outer garments, maintain a high degree of personal cleanliness, and conform to good hygienic practices while on duty.10.2. Staff members shall not use tobacco in any form while engaged in any food service activities, feeding children or administering to the children's needs.10.3. Smoking is prohibited in children's areas.10.4. No staff member while affected with any disease in a communicable form, or while a carrier of such a disease, or while affected with boils, infected wounds, sores, or a respiratory infection shall work in any capacity in which there is a likelihood of the staff member transmitting the disease or condition to other persons. No person known or suspected of being affected with any such disease or condition shall be employed in any area or capacity in which there is a likelihood of the person transmitting the disease or condition to other persons. In family day care facilities, appropriate measures shall be taken to protect staff and children from the direct or indirect transmission of diseases from non-staff household members.10.5. The staff shall employ universal precautions for protection from disease and infection. 10.5.a. Spills of body fluids, which include urine, feces, blood, saliva, nasal discharge, eye discharge, and injury or tissue discharges, shall be cleaned up immediately.10.5.b. Surfaces soiled by spills of vomit, urine, feces, blood or blood-containing body fluids or by spills due to injury and tissue damage shall be cleaned and disinfected.10.5.c. Persons cleaning contaminated areas shall avoid exposure of open skin sores or mucous membranes to blood or blood-containing body fluids.10.5.d. Blood-contaminated material and diapers shall be disposed of in a plastic bag with a secure tie.10.5.e. Mops shall be cleaned with a disinfectant solution.W. Va. Code R. § 64-21-10