학술논문
Syringe Disposal Among Injection Drug Users in San Francisco.
Document Type
Article
Author
Source
Subject
*INTRAVENOUS drug abusers
*SYRINGES
*PUBLIC health research
WASTE management research
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Language
ISSN
0090-0036
Abstract
To assess the prevalence of improperly discarded syringes and to examine syringe disposal practices of injection drug users (IDUs) in San Francisco, we visually inspected 1000 random city blocks and conducted a survey of 602 IDUs. We found 20 syringes on the streets we inspected. IDUs reported disposing of 13% of syringes improperly. In multivariate analysis, obtaining syringes from syringe exchange programs was found to be protective against improper disposal, and injecting in public places was predictive of improper disposal. Few syringes posed a public health threat. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]