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A needle and syringe programme ( NSP ), also known as needle exchange program ( NEP ), is a social service that allows injecting drug users (IDUs) to obtain clean and unused hypodermic needles and associated paraphernalia at little or no cost. It is based on the philosophy of harm reduction that attempts to reduce the risk factors for blood ...
Emergency medicine, Infectious disease. A needlestick injury is the penetration of the skin by a hypodermic needle or other sharp object that has been in contact with blood, tissue or other body fluids before the exposure. [1] Even though the acute physiological effects of a needlestick injury are generally negligible, these injuries can lead ...
Drug injection. Drug injection is a method of introducing a drug into the bloodstream via a hollow hypodermic needle, which is pierced through the skin into the body (usually intravenously, but also at an intramuscular or subcutaneous, location). Intravenous therapy, a form of drug injection, is universally practiced in modernized medical care.
Apr. 14—The Latah Recovery Center will implement a harm-reduction program that allows drug users to exchange used needles and syringes for clean ones and engages addicts in what could be their ...
Harm reduction. Needle exchange programs provide people who inject substances with new needles and injection equipment to reduce the harm (e.g., HIV infection) from needle drug use. Drug paraphernalia available from a harm reduction NGO at a mobile supervised injection site in Berlin, Germany. Harm reduction, or harm minimization, refers to a ...
Health and Welfare Program Manager Monica Young said in the report that the passage of the Needle Exchange Act in 2019, which allowed people to obtain clean needles through the exchange program ...
Low-threshold treatment programs are distinct from simple needle exchange programs, and may include comprehensive healthcare and counseling services. The International Journal of Drug Policy in its volume 24 published an Editorial which endeavoured to define a service known to be "low-threshold", based on some popular and known criteria.
Tacoma Needle Exchange/Dave Purchase Project Executive Director Paul LaKosky stands next to one of three new naloxone vending machines. The machines will be delivered to Pierce County locations ...