§  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.