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welfare of adults or children in care. In addition to the applicable requirements of 7 AAC 10.1000 — 7 AAC 10.1095, precautions include

(1) seeking and complying with current medical and sanitation advice on communicable, contagious, or infectious diseases;

(2) adopting universal precautions, including the use of gloves, to handle potential exposure to blood, blood-contaminating body fluids, and injury discharges;

(3) training staff, if any, in universal precautions and in the prevention of communicable, contagious, and infectious diseases;

(4) ensuring that the caregiver hygiene requirements of 7 AAC 10.1050 are met;

(5) encouraging children, or adults with impaired judgment, to wash their hands

(A) before food handling, preparation, serving, or table setting;

(B) before eating;

(C) after toileting;

(D) after handling pets or other animals; and

(E) when hands are contaminated with a body fluid, including after nose wiping; and

(6) encouraging children to wash their hands before and after participation in moist play, including molding clay or painting. (Eff. 6/23/2006, Register 178) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 18.05.010 AS 47.32.010 AS 47.32.140

AS 18.05.040 AS 47.32.030 AS 47.33.005

AS 44.29.020 AS 47.32.130 AS 47.33.010 Editor’s note: Effective July 1, 2022, Executive Order 121 split the former Department of Health and Social Services into the Department of Health and the Department of Family and Community Services. As of Register 242 (July 2022), the regulations attorney made a conforming technical revision under sec. 138, E.O. 121 and AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to the authority citation that follows 7 AAC 10.1045, to delete the reference to AS 47.14.120. Environmental standards for foster homes are now set out in 7 AAC 67.