Is hygienic injecting something everyone is able to practise? New Effectiveness Bank analysis

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Is hygienic injecting something everyone is able to practise?
Serious bacterial infections are among the most common medical complications in people who inject drugs, and can result in the need for urgent hospital care. US study investigated whether rolling out an injecting hygiene programme in hospital to people who inject drugs would reduce the rate of return visits. Strong argument for pragmatic and timely harm reduction, but not to be overlooked are the factors outside of individual behaviour that impact injecting hygiene. Click button below for our analysis of the study.
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