Distribution of Harm Reduction Kits in a Specialty HIV Hospital.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304600 and PMC identifier 6137793.
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Abstract
Casey House, a small Toronto, Ontario, hospital for people living with HIV, implemented a harm-reduction kit distribution program in October 2014 to decrease harms from reuse of injection and smoking equipment among its clients-inpatients and outpatients. Program statistics (November 2014-June 2017) show an increase in the number of kits-injection and smoking-distributed each year. The program is perceived by staff to communicate openness and increased willingness of clinicians and clients to discuss drug-related harms.
Medical subject headings
- Equipment and Supplies
- HIV Infections
- Harm Reduction
- Hospitals, Special
- Needles
- Smoking
- Sterilization