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 substance will be directly introduced into the body.<ref>http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/279/3/1345.short</ref>

* ''' 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 substances are not passing any membrane for filtration and '''any''' impurity in the substance 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 easily spread illness and 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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==Procedure==

In the interest of harm reduction, the use of any substance via I.V./I.M. administration is not an advisable from a health and safety point of view. It should be noted that I.M. administration is more commonly found when using ~~drugs~~ like [[ketamine]].

In the interest of harm reduction, the use of any substance via I.V./I.M. administration is not an advisable from a health and safety point of view. It should be noted that I.M. administration is more commonly found when using substances like [[ketamine]].

==== I.V. injection====

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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 substance will be directly introduced into the body.<ref>http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/279/3/1345.short</ref>
+* ''' 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 substances are not passing any membrane for filtration and '''any''' impurity in the substance 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 easily spread illness and 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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 ==Procedure==
-In the interest of harm reduction, the use of any substance via I.V./I.M. administration is not an advisable from a health and safety point of view. It should be noted that I.M. administration is more commonly found when using drugs like [[ketamine]].
+In the interest of harm reduction, the use of any substance via I.V./I.M. administration is not an advisable from a health and safety point of view. It should be noted that I.M. administration is more commonly found when using substances like [[ketamine]].
 ==== I.V. injection====