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Counseling for a safer injecting behavior

Counseling for a safer injecting behavior. Cedric Charvet Coordinator DCR www.deregenboog.org ccharvet@derengboog.org. INTRODUCTION. Safe use Enemies of Injectors / Bacteria and Dirt The “perfect” Injection Safe Shooting / Safe Smoking / Placemat Direct advice and Reality check

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Counseling for a safer injecting behavior

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  1. Counseling for a safer injecting behavior Cedric Charvet Coordinator DCR www.deregenboog.org ccharvet@derengboog.org

  2. INTRODUCTION • Safe use • Enemies of Injectors / Bacteria and Dirt • The “perfect” Injection • Safe Shooting / Safe Smoking / Placemat • Direct advice and Reality check • Necessary material / 2ml / 1ml • Stericup / Sterifilt • Helping? Each other for injection? • Biohazard containers and Sweeping • Summary

  3. RESPONSIBLE USE Less risks taking Fewer overdoses Less blood transmitted diseases contaminations BETTER INJECTION TECHNIQUE Prevention of abscess Prevention of shake

  4. ENEMIES OF INJECTORS = BACTERIA & DIRT To avoid bacteria, only use sterile clean new injection material. Bacteria lead to Abscesses To avoid dirt, only use sterile clean new injection material. Dirt leads to Shake (Dirty shot)

  5. The “perfect” injection ... to avoid Bacteria and Dirt wash hands regularly and keep injection areas clean use a new needle and a new filter for each injection put pressure on wound with clean tissue as soon as the needle retrieved from vein eventually wipe with alcohol pad cover needle wound with appropriate plaster

  6. VEILIG SPUITEN / VEILIG ROKENSAFE SHOOTING / SAFE SMOKING

  7. NOTHING BETTER THEN DIRECT ADVICE Observe Sit with the user Reward positively the good technique Advise a transition from bad to good technique Repeat and/or correct technique Repeat Repeat Repeat

  8. REALITY CHECK

  9. NECESSARY MATERIALDrug + Spoon + Syringe + Water + Filter + Alcohol pad + Plasters

  10. Needle type 2ml 1ml

  11. Stericup & Sterifilt

  12. Helping ? each other for injection ?

  13. BIOHAZARD CONTAINERS AND SWEEPING

  14. SUMMARY Safe injection = no sharing + avoid Bacteria and Dirt A clean injection does not require much = Clean injection material in a clean place to use Think about Safety – Hygiene - Stress free Do not use alone BUT learn to injectalone Inside DCRs, talk to the users, get to know them individually and be around for the first injections and further advice. Repeat.

  15. Thank you for your attention! For further information feel free to contact me: • ccharvet@derengboog.org • www.deregenboog.org

  16. SOURCES • Mainline Drug and Health / mainline.nl • TrimbosInstituutcentre of expertise on mental health and addiction / trimbos.org • De RegenboogGroep AMOC / deregenboog.org • StericupSterifilt , harm red. Material / apothicom.org • Insite Vancouver Canada / supervisedinjection.vch.ca • Medicos Del Mundo, Bilbao, Spain / medicosdelmundo.org

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