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UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS (BSI) <br />b. If a glove is torn or a needlestick or other injury occurs, the glove <br />will be removed and a new glove used as promptly as patient safety <br />permits; the needle or instrument involved in the incident will also <br />be removed from the sterile field. <br />For the labor/delivery area, BFB, combined with the precautions above <br />and below will be followed: <br />All HCW's who perform or assist in vaginal or cesarean deliveries <br />will wear gloves and gowns when handling the placenta or the <br />infant until blood and amniotic fluid has been removed from the <br />umbilical cord. <br />