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Sterile syringe availability in Georgia pharmacies remained rare, despite policy change permitting sales [PDF]

Harm Reduction Journal
Background Numerous states, including Georgia in April 2019, have advanced policies designed to increase availability of sterile syringes in pharmacies for people who inject drugs (PWID); however, the extent to which pharmacies are willing to sell ...
Courtney R. Yarbrough, Nora Jaquemet, Siara I. Sitar, Maggie J. Mataczynski, Vega Walke, Natalie D. Crawford, Henry N. Young, Justine W. Welsh   +7 more
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Analysis of a Targeted Intervention Programme on the Risk Behaviours of Injecting Drug Users in India: Evidence From the National Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance Survey [PDF]

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2022
Objectives This study provides insights on the impact of a targeted intervention (TI) programme on behaviour change among injecting drug users (IDUs) in India.
Damodar Sahu, Varsha Ranjan, Nalini Chandra, Saritha Nair, Anil Kumar, Elangovan Arumugam, Mendu Vishnu Vardhana Rao   +6 more
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Use of a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method to assess the concentration of epinephrine, norepinephrine, and phenylephrine stored in plastic syringes

Pharmaceutical Technology in Hospital Pharmacy, 2023
There are concerns about the potency of epinephrine (EPI), norepinephrine (NE), and phenylephrine (PE) stored in syringes for later infusions in clinical care.
Cohen Alejandro M., Wiseman Luke, Al Faraj Ahmed, Andreou Pantelis, Hall Richard, Neira Victor M.   +5 more
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Comparison of effectiveness of the piston-pump method versus the pressure-infusor method for rapid infusion of crystalloids: A bench study

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2020
Background and Aims: The piston-pump method is a simple method for rapid administration of fluids but some problems are unsolved. We compared the effectiveness of using the piston-pump method with that of the pressure-infusor method.
Wataru Hashimoto, Ichiro Takenaka, Keisuke Yasunami, Tomoko Minami, Haruhiko Sano   +4 more
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Effects of post-sampling analysis time, type of blood samples and collection tubes on values of blood gas testing [PDF]

Medicinski Glasnik, 2015
Aim To investigate effects of post-sampling analysis time, a type of blood samples and collection tubes on blood gas testing. Methods This study included 100 patients at the Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases, Clinical Centre Sarajevo.
Jasmina Smajić, Damira Kadić, Sabaheta Hasić, Nafija Serdarević   +3 more
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Assessing the relationship between syringe exchange, pharmacy, and street sources of accessing syringes and injection drug use behavior in a pooled nationally representative sample of people who inject drugs in the United States from 2002 to 2019

Harm Reduction Journal, 2021
Provision of sterile syringes is an evidence-based strategy of reducing syringe sharing and reusing and yet, access to sterile syringes through pharmacies and syringe exchange programs (SEPs) in the United States remains inadequate.
Phillip L. Marotta, Kristi Stringer, Leo Beletsky, Brooke S. West, Dawn Goddard-Eckrich, Louisa Gilbert, Tim Hunt, Elwin Wu, Nabila El-Bassel   +8 more
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Syringe sociology [PDF]

The British Journal of Sociology, 2015
AbstractIn this article I consider the impact of social epistemologies for understanding the object of the syringe. My aim is to examine the process through which the syringe transforms from an injecting device to a tool of social and political inquiry.
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A Study to look at the efficacy of Almond Oil and Cerumol Ear Drops in the removal of earwax

South African Family Practice, 1991
No abstract available.
M.J.R.R. Vanlierde, J.A.M. Murray, E. Tse   +2 more
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Access to needles and syringes and methadone maintenance therapy among people who inject drugs in Yangon, Myanmar: a qualitative study

Harm Reduction Journal, 2022
Background Access to sterile needles, syringes and methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) is critical to reduce the prevalence of bloodborne virus infections among people who inject drugs (PWID).
Win Lei Yee, Bridget Draper, Kyi Thar Myint, Win Min, Hla Htay, Daniel O’Keefe, Margaret Hellard   +6 more
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A prática de utilização de seringas descartáveis na administração de insulina no domicílio La práctica de utilización de jeringas desechables en la administración de insulina en el domicilio The use of disposable syringes in the administration of insulin at home

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2001
Estudo descritivo que tem por objetivo conhecer o comportamento de 113 portadores de diabetes mellitus, atendidos em um hospital de grande porte, em relação à utilização e reutilização de seringas descartáveis para a administração de insulina no ...
Carla Regina de Souza, Maria Lúcia Zanetti   +1 more
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