The Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act requires employers to introduce work practice controls to protect healthcare workers from bloodborne pathogen exposure.Examples of work practice controls during surgery include:

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The "neutral zone" has been defined as a location on the surgical field where sharps are placed in a predesignated sterile basin or tray or on a magnetic pad,from which the surgeon or assistant can retrieve them.After use,the items are returned to the neutral zone,and the scrub person retrieves them.This technique eliminates hand-to-hand passing of sharps between the surgeon and the scrub person,so that no two individuals touch the same sharp at the same time.

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