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Prevention of Infection through Injection Drug Use
For preventing infection among injection drug users, the best method of reducing risk of infection with HIV is to avoid sharing drug paraphernalia (needles, syringes, and other implements), drug mixing containers with others, or use of drugs from a common pot. In some places, needle-exchange programs provide injection drug users with new syringes and drug paraphernalia. If new syringes are not available, clients should be advised to disinfect used syringes using clean water and bleach as follows:
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Clients
who use injection drugs, or whose partners do, are increasingly at risk
for HIV. Although injection drug use accounts for only 5 to 10% of HIV
infections globally, in some parts of the world it is the major mode of
HIV transmission. For example, according to some estimates, in such countries
as China, Malaysia, Russia, and Vietnam, large numbers of HIV infections
are associated with drug injection. 