ArticleHarm reduction journal2020
When is an abscess more than an abscess? Syringe services programs and the harm reduction safety-net: a case report.
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10 citing papers in PubMed.
- Qualitative analysis of barriers and facilitators to healthcare engagement for people with injecting-related invasive infections using a social ecological framework.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Article
- Using the socioecological model to guide service delivery improvements to the prison needle exchange program in Canada: insights from multi-level stakeholders.BMC public health · 2025Article
- "It always needs a higher level of care than what I can provide": Practical, ethical, and administrative tensions arising from the integration of wound care services into syringe service programs in Maryland.The International journal on drug policy · 2025Article
- Availability of telehealth-based services at syringe services programs under the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.Harm reduction journal · 2023Article
- Opioid Use Disorder Curriculum: Preclerkship Pharmacology Case-Based Learning Session.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2022Article
- Harm reduction for the treatment of patients with severe injection-related infections: description of the Jackson SIRI Team.Annals of medicine · 2021Article
- Wounds and Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in People Who Inject Drugs and the Utility of Syringe Service Programs in Their Management.Advances in wound care · 2021Article
- Healthcare stigma and HIV risk among rural people who inject drugs.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- Correction to: When is an abscess more than an abscess? Syringe services programs and the harm reduction safety-net: a case report.Harm reduction journal · 2020Article
- Risk factors for multiple skin abscesses among community-recruited people who inject drugs in Los Angeles, CA, and Denver, CO: a cross-sectional study.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseArticle
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
backgroundSyringe services programs (SSPs) are able to offer wrap-around services for people who inject drugs (PWID) and improve health outcomes. CASE PRESENTATION: A 47-year-old man screened positive for a skin and soft tissue infection (SSTI) at an SSP and was referred to a weekly on-site student-run wound care clinic. He was evaluated by first- and third-year medical students, and volunteer attending physicians determined that the infection was too severe to be managed on site. Students escorted the patient to the emergency department, where he was diagnosed with a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus arm abscess as well as acute HIV infection.
conclusionStudent-run wound care clinics at SSPs, in conjunction with ongoing harm reduction measures, screenings, and treatment services, provide a safety-net of care for PWID and help mitigate the harms of injection drug use.
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