Regulation 7 Arrangements in the event of injury
Where an employer is notified of any incident at work in which an employee has suffered an injury from a medical sharp, the employer must—
record the incident;
investigate the circumstances and cause of the incident; and
take any necessary action to prevent a recurrence.
Additionally, where an employer is notified of any incident at work in which an employee has suffered an injury caused by a medical sharp that exposed, or may have exposed, the employee to a biological agent, the employer must—
take immediate steps to ensure that the employee receives medical advice;
ensure that any treatment advised by a registered medical practitioner, including post-exposure prophylaxis, is made available to the employee; and
consider providing the employee with counselling.
In this regulation—
“biological agent” means a micro-organism, cell culture or human endoparasite, whether or not genetically modified, which may cause infection, allergy, toxicity or otherwise create a hazard to human health; and
“post-exposure prophylaxis” means a course of treatment of medicine administered to a person after exposure, or suspected exposure, to a biological agent in order to prevent infection or development of disease caused by that biological agent.