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For the purposes of this article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: 1. 'Engineered sharps injury protection' means a physical attribute built into, or used with, a sharp that effectively reduces the risk of a sharps injury by a mechanism such as barrier creation, blunting, encapsulation, withdrawal, retraction, destruction or other mechanism. 2. 'Exposure incident' means contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that results from a sharps injury. 3. 'Sharp' means any device that is or includes a needle used in the provision of health care, except for self-administration. 4. 'Sharps injury' means any injury caused by a sharp, including, but not limited to, a cut, abrasion, or needlestick.