ArticleAmerican journal of public health2015
Using Pharmacies in a Structural Intervention to Distribute Low Dead Space Syringes to Reduce HIV and HCV Transmission in People Who Inject Drugs.
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- Correlates of Syringe Acquisition at Syringe Services Program and Pharmacies among Persons Who Inject Drugs: National HIV Behavioral Surveillance, United States, 2022.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2026Article
- Factors associated with obtaining sterile syringes from pharmacies among persons who inject drugs in 20 US cities.The International journal on drug policy · 2018Article
- Usage of low dead space syringes and association with hepatitis C prevalence amongst people who inject drugs in the UK.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Observational
- Strategies for the elimination of hepatitis C virus infection as a public health threat in the United States.Current hepatology reports · 2018Article
- Needle acquisition patterns, network risk and social capital among rural PWID in Puerto Rico.Harm reduction journal · 2017Article
- Event-level analyses of sex-risk and injection-risk behaviors among nonmedical prescription opioid users.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2016Article
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Abstract
Ongoing injection drug use contributes to the HIV and HCV epidemics in people who inject drugs. In many places, pharmacies are the primary source of sterile syringes for people who inject drugs; thus, pharmacies provide a viable public health service that reduces blood-borne disease transmission. Replacing the supply of high dead space syringes with low dead space syringes could have far-reaching benefits that include further prevention of disease transmission in people who inject drugs and reductions in dosing inaccuracies, medication errors, and medication waste in patients who use syringes. We explored using pharmacies in a structural intervention to increase the uptake of low dead space syringes as part of a comprehensive strategy to reverse these epidemics.
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