2006 New York Code - Definitions.

 
    §  1399-ss.  Definitions. 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.