# The Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations 2013, Regulation 7: Arrangements in the event of injury


(1) 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—
(a) record the incident;
(b) investigate the circumstances and cause of the incident; and
(c) take any necessary action to prevent a recurrence.
(2) 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—
(a) take immediate steps to ensure that the employee receives medical advice;
(b) ensure that any treatment advised by a registered medical practitioner, including post-exposure prophylaxis, is made available to the employee; and
(c) consider providing the employee with counselling.
(3) In this regulation—
(a) “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
(b) “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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/645/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-safety-sharp-instruments-in-healthcare-regulations-2013/regulation-7
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