Safer injection guide: Difference between revisions

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==Risks and Hazards==

* ''' Risks of infection ''' - The simple act of penetrating one's skin with anything is a way to introduce bacterium, viruses, etc. directly into your body. Be as sterile as humanly possible! Use alcohol swabs to wipe the injection area before and after injection. There is also infection risk if one is injecting impure, adulterated, or unfiltered substances into their body. These drugs are not passing any membrane for filtration and '''any''' impurity in the drug will be directly introduced into the body.

* ''' Risks of infection ''' - The simple act of penetrating one's skin with anything is a way to introduce bacterium, viruses, etc. directly into your body. Be as sterile as humanly possible! Use alcohol swabs to wipe the injection area before and after injection. There is also infection risk if one is injecting impure, adulterated, or unfiltered substances into their body. These drugs are not passing any membrane for filtration and '''any''' impurity in the drug will be directly introduced into the body.<ref>http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/279/3/1345.short</ref>

* ''' Blood-borne diseases''' - Sharing needles with other users is the most obvious way to transmit a blood-borne disease or infection, but there are other less commonly thought of ways too. Using multiple needles in the same water supply can spread disease. Sharing the same spoons and other equipment used to prepare the injection solution is also a way to contract a blood-borne disease.

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 ==Risks and Hazards==
-* ''' Risks of infection ''' - The simple act of penetrating one's skin with anything is a way to introduce bacterium, viruses, etc. directly into your body. Be as sterile as humanly possible! Use alcohol swabs to wipe the injection area before and after injection. There is also infection risk if one is injecting impure, adulterated, or unfiltered substances into their body. These drugs are not passing any membrane for filtration and '''any''' impurity in the drug will be directly introduced into the body.
+* ''' Risks of infection ''' - The simple act of penetrating one's skin with anything is a way to introduce bacterium, viruses, etc. directly into your body. Be as sterile as humanly possible! Use alcohol swabs to wipe the injection area before and after injection. There is also infection risk if one is injecting impure, adulterated, or unfiltered substances into their body. These drugs are not passing any membrane for filtration and '''any''' impurity in the drug will be directly introduced into the body.<ref>http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/279/3/1345.short</ref>
 * ''' Blood-borne diseases''' - Sharing needles with other users is the most obvious way to transmit a blood-borne disease or infection, but there are other less commonly thought of ways too. Using multiple needles in the same water supply can spread disease. Sharing the same spoons and other equipment used to prepare the injection solution is also a way to contract a blood-borne disease.