Injection Hygiene and Needle Exchange Programs

Injection Hygiene

Good injection practices:

• Clean hands and fingertips before injecting
• Apply warm compress to injection site before use
• Inject in arms/legs instead of hands/feet
• Rotate injection sites
• Only use a syringe ONCE; however, if you must re-use a syringe, re-use your own syringe and not someone else’s
• Use clean, sterile water to dissolve drugs which protect against skin infections and abscesses.

Needle Exchange

By providing access to safe injection supplies and education, needle exchange programs can:

• Reduce the risk of fatal overdose.

• Reduce the risk and spread of HIV infection.

• Reduce the risk and spread of Hepatitis C.

• Connect people to long-term treatment and recovery.

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