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Harm reduction among injecting drug users - evidence of effectiveness [PDF]

, 2010
This chapter synthesises and evaluates the available direct evidence relating to the impact of needle and syringe programmes (NSPs), opioid substitution treatment (OST), drug consumption rooms (DCRs), and peer naloxone distribution (PND) on HIV/hepatitis
Goldberg, David, Hickman, Matthew, Hutchinson, Sharon, Kimber, Jo, Palmateer, Norah, Rhodes, Tim   +5 more
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Estimated quantification of residual volume in vaccines supplies and its impact on the Brazilian health system [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Between 2017 and 2021, the Brazilian Unified Health System (BUHS) administered a total of 527,903,302 doses of immunizations. Each immunization results in the presence of a residual volume (RV) due to syringe dead space (DS).
YAGO MARCOS PESSOA-GONÇALVES, ANA LUCIA G. DE JESUS, HENRIQUE C.P. CARVALHO, CHAMBERTTAN S. DESIDÉRIO, RAFAEL O. TREVISAN, WESLLEY G. BOVI, MARCOS VINÍCIUS DA SILVA, CARLO JOSÉ F. OLIVEIRA   +7 more
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Syringe access for the prevention of blood borne infections among injection drug users [PDF]

, 2003
Background Approximately one-third of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome cases in the United States are associated with the practice of sharing of injection equipment and are preventable through the once-only use of syringes, needles and other injection ...
Sharon Stancliff, Bruce Agins, Josiah D Rich, Scott Burris, CDC, DC Des Jarlais, DC Des Jarlais, P Lurie, S Burris, CDC, CL Miller, JD Rich, S Burris, PG O'Connor, S Stancliff, NS Miller, SJ Klein, TS Jones, BP Linas, E Drucker, GE Macalino, P Lurie, SE Hyman, PG Barnett, Government Accounting Office, LS Brown Jr, SA Strathdee, DR Holtgrave, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, B Bouhanick, S Burris, CM Fuller, S Lawitts, TL Beauchamp   +33 more
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An Outbreak of Serratia marcescens in a Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit Associated with an Infected Solution of Pre-Prepared Syringes

Antibiotics
Background/Objectives: The aim of the present study is to report an outbreak of bloodstream infections caused by Serratia marcescens in patients undergoing postoperational procedures in the Cardiothoracic Department and to describe the epidemiological ...
Maria Papagianni, Eleni Mylona, Sofia Kostourou, Chrysoula Kolokotroni, Dimitris Kounatidis, Natalia G. Vallianou, Vasileios Papastamopoulos   +6 more
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Issues with Intravitreal Administration of Anti-VEGF Drugs

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2020
Marc Schargus,1,2 Andreas Frings1,3 1Department of Ophthalmology, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany; 2Department of Ophthalmology, Asklepios Hospital Nord-Heidberg, Hamburg, Germany; 3Augenarztpraxis Dr.
Schargus M, Frings A
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Computer simulation of syringomyelia in dogs [PDF]

, 2018
Syringomyelia is a pathological condition in which fluid-filled cavities (syringes) form and expand in the spinal cord. Syringomyelia is often linked with obstruction of the craniocervical junction and a Chiari malformation, which is similar in both ...
AC Freeman, AR Brodbelt, B Williams, B Williams, B Williams, BA Martin, BA Martin, BA Martin, C Rusbridge, C Rusbridge, C Rusbridge, C Rusbridge, C Rusbridge, CA Schneider, CD Bertram, CD Bertram, CD Bertram, CD Bertram, CJ Driver, Clare Rusbridge, DJ Marino, DN Levine, EC Clarke, F Loth, Holger A. Volk, HS Chang, IM Vavasour, J Strahle, JD Heiss, JE Parker, Jelena Jovanovik, K Berkouk, K Chandler, KH Stoverud, LE Bilston, LE Bilston, M Heil, M Kim, M Perdiki, MA Stoodley, MJ Hezzell, N Alperin, NJ Alperin, NJ Fischbein, NS Elliott, NS Elliott, NSJ Elliott, NSJ Elliott, PW Carpenter, R Fric, Robert Lloyd, S Cerda-Gonzalez, S Cirovic, S Cirovic, S Heidari Pahlavian, S Loderstedt, S Yildiz, SJ Hemley, SP Knowler, SP Knowler, Srdjan Cirovic, TH Milhorat, TH Milhorat, W Kalata, WD Whetstone   +64 more
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Needle stick injuries among dental students: risk factors and recommendations for prevention [PDF]

Libyan Journal of Medicine, 2012
Aim: To evaluate the risk factors of needle stick injuries (NSIs) sustained by undergraduate dental students and nurse students at the King's College London (KCL) Dental Institute.
Kamis Gaballah, Dorothy Warbuton, Kamal Sihmbly, Tara Renton   +3 more
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Tunable biohybrid hydrogels from coacervation of hyaluronic acid and PEO‐based block copolymers [PDF]

, 2020
Accurately tuning the macroscopic properties of biopolymer‐based hydrogels remains challenging due to the ill‐defined molecular architecture of the natural building blocks.
Gopez, Jeffrey D., Klinger, Daniel, Mabesoone, Mathijs F. J., Paulus, Ilka E.   +3 more
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HIV and AIDS in the Russian Federation : prisons as a case study of risk environments and agency [PDF]

, 2017
This thesis explores Russian prisons as risk environments for the spread of HIV through intravenous drug use. The Russian HIV epidemic is extremely fast growing, and though exact prevalence rates are unknown, the epidemic is now considered generalized as
Severson, Jamie LeeAnn
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Examining unsafe injection practices associated with auto-disable (AD) syringes: a systematic review

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2021
Auto-disable (AD) syringes are specifically designed to prevent syringe reuse. However, the notion that specific AD syringe designs may be unsafe due to reuse concerns related to the syringe’s activation point has surfaced.
Anokhi Ali Khan, Mehr Munir, Fatima Miraj, Shayan Imran, Danya Arif Siddiqi, Arshad Altaf, Aamir Javed Khan, Subhash Chandir   +7 more
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