Abstract
Sharing drug injecting paraphernalia other than needles and syringes (N/S) has been implicated in the transmission of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) among injecting drug users (IDU). We aimed to determine whether the provision of sterile non-N/S injecting paraphernalia reduces injecting risk behaviours or HCV transmission among IDU.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 721-734 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | BMC Public Health |
| Volume | 10 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 23 Nov 2010 |
Keywords
- injecting paraphernalia
- Hepatitis C virus
- infection prevention
- sterile injecting equipment
- IDUs
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Gillies, M., Palmateer, N., Hutchinson, S., Ahmed, S., Taylor, A., & Goldberg, D. J. (2010). The provision of non-needle/syringe drug injecting paraphernalia in the primary prevention of HCV among IDU: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 10, 721-734. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-721