#safeinjection

[homenursingcare]

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[syze123]

The Aspirating Syringe with hard plastic handles (1.8ml) offers precision and comfort for medical professionals during injections. Designed for ease of use, it features a durable, ergonomic handle and is ideal for applications requiring controlled aspiration and fluid delivery.

#AspiratingSyringe #MedicalEquipment #InjectionPrecision #Syringe #HealthcareTools #ErgonomicDesign #MedicalSupplies #InjectionTech #SafeInjection #SyringeHandle

[newsdurham]

Paul McGary is the director of mental health and Pinewood Centre for Lakeridge Health. Lakeridge, the John Howard Society and the Region of Durham health department have proposed Consumption Treatment Services (CTS) site to be located in Oshawa. A CTS site build on safe injection sites and are aimed at reducing opioid overdoses and deaths. In addition to offering a safe place to use opioids, a CTS site also offers health, mental health and addictions services. February 25, 2019 Sabrina Byrnes/Metroland #mentalhealth #safeinjection #lakeridgehealth #pinewoodcentre #johnhowardsociety #oshawa #durhamregion #photography #photojournalism (at Lakeridge Health) https://www.instagram.com/newsdurham/p/BucSOo9g2AW/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=aw2vftmbnsz3

[adastracomix]

Supervised injection sites are not new, despite the controversy that continues to plague them in the public eye. Combining a safe space to inject IV drugs with trained health professionals, injection sites were being legalized throughout the 2000s in Canada, Spain, Luxembourg, Norway, and Australia. Such a program is an example of #harmreduction, a set of practical strategies meant to reduce the negative consequences of, for and by drug users. “Our Best Shot: The True Story of an Illegal Supervised Injection Facility in the USA” is a short, immersive little comic that comes from firsthand experience- a great resource for anyone who is curious as to what safe injection sites do or how they work. It’s also an example of #directaction , whereby activists and those interested in seeing policy change exercise the power they have to directly reach certain goals of interest, in this case, reducing drug user deaths and reducing the spread of infectious diseases. You’re not impressed by the art or showiness of this comic, and this comic doesn’t give a shit. Just as “Our Best Shot” reminds us that not every good idea comes wrapped in fancy packaging, not every revolution is decorated in banners and smiling faces ready for the cameras. Pick up a copy of “Our Best Shot” from @silversprocket and look into the harm reduction activism happening near you! 🌟 #sjcomix365 #drugcomics #ourbestshot #silversprocket #safeinjection #fuckthewarondrugs #decriminalize #politicalcomics #comics #graphicmemoirs #anonymouscomics #addiction #punkcomics https://www.instagram.com/p/BsTBO6MHHKR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1t48f0jyfhn1t

[dr-kraft]

Are you cleaning your skin before you inject your insulin or other injectable meds? If not, please start to avoid getting an infection! . . . . . #pharmacist #pharmacisttips #health #healthy #avoidinfection #cleanyourskin #diabetes #diabetestips #safeinjection @dph.rk @ralphsrx @np2go (at Edmond, Oklahoma) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEvXe7EBHcW/?igshid=15i9fllwod779

[frumpkinspice]

New #insite @carrallstcanvascompany bag from @thewindowartshop ⚕️💉 #safeinjection #addiction #substanceuse #stigma #decriminalize #besafe https://www.instagram.com/p/BvSuhkJjCQh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1m8uo8zsv0k6u

[cushydiet-blog]

Toronto's 1st pop-up safe-injection site set to open wi... - http://wp.me/p8IYwe-6jo - #1St, #News, #Open, #Popup, #Safeinjection, #Set, #Site, #Torontos, #Wi

[torontoharmreduction-blog]

SIFs (Supervised Injection Facilities):

Toronto has a very severe, growing, uphill battle when it comes to injection drug use. A strategic way to incorporate harm reduction into this deadly addiction, was the plan of safe injection houses. “In response to epidemics of HIV infection and overdose in Vancouver in the mid- 1990s, a range of actors advocated for the creation of supervised injection facilities (SIFs), and after several unsanctioned SIFs operated briefly and closed, Canada’s first sanctioned SIF opened in 2003” (Kerr, 2017).  More than a decade later, we are now seeing more and more of these facilities popping up around our city of Toronto. This includes one that has opened up right in the downtown core, just minutes away from Ryerson University. Ever since Canada’s first ever opening SIF, a growing acceptance of SIFS and increasing concern about overdose have since prompted a rapid escalation in efforts to establish SIFs in cities across Canada (Kerr, 2017).  

The recommended best practice policy for needle users, is to facilitate use of a sterile needle and syringe per injection, which will reduce transmission of a human immunodeficiency virus along with pathogens. Many needle and syringe programs (NSPs) distribute sterile needles; that is, needles that are free from microorganisms, including pathogens, and come in commercially sealed packages that have never been opened” (Strike, 2013). The severity and push towards the use of sterile needles needs to be implemented and helped out as soon as possible.  “There is a pressing need to create a more enabling environment for SIFs through amendment of federal legislation” (Kerr, 2017). Being able to reduce the risk o transmission from contaminated needles  is the start to the end of such deadly diseases spreading throughout.

Kerr, Thomas, et al. “Supervised injection facilities in Canada: past, present, and future.” Harm Reduction Journal, vol. 14, no. 1, 2017.

Strike, Hopkins, et al. “Best Practice Recommendations .” CATIE - Canada's source for HIV and hepatitis C information, 2013.

[trumpfeed]

The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday said it had filed a lawsuit seeking to stop a nonprofit in Philadelphia from opening what could become the nation's first supervised drug-injection site in an effort aimed at addressing opioid abuse.