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    Written by Derricott, Jon   
    Friday, 05 November 1999 00:00

    The Safer Injecting Briefing 

    foreword | section 1 | section 2 | section 3 | section 4 | section 5 | section 6 | section 7 | section 8 | appendix |references

     


    		 by
    Jon Derricott, RGN, RMN, Training & Development Manager, HIT, Liverpool
    Andrew Preston, RGN, RMN, Community Nurse, Drug Team CADAS, Dorchester
    Neil Hunt, RMN, BSc, MSc, Research & Development Manager, Invicta Community Care NHS Trust, Maidstone
    Contributing author:
    Shaun Speed, RGN, BA Hons, Dip Co, Dip IGC, Lecturer in Nursing, University of Liverpool
    © The Safer Injecting Briefing, 1999, HIT.

    Extracts from this book may be reproduced and distributed free without permission from the author provided they are cited as follows: 'Extract from The Safer Injecting Briefing available from HIT, Tel 0151 227 4012'. Permission must be sought for any reproductions with commercial ends. The author would appreciate being sent copies of any materials in which text has been used.

    Thanks to the following for their help in checking facts and offering advice and suggestions for the book:

    Annie Bleeker, Manly Drug Education Centre, Australia
    Jason Ditton, University of Glasgow
    Lorraine James, Royal Pharmaceutical Society
    Mario Lap, Drugtext, Amsterdam
    Julie Macrow, The Bridge Needle Exchange, Cambridge
    Mick McKeown, University of Liverpool
    Moira O'Brien, Becton Dickinson USA Ltd
    Pat O'Hare, HIT
    Lynne Parker, The Wellcome Library of the History of Medicine
    James Parsons, The Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour
    Ian Sandison, Becton Dickinson UK Ltd
    Kirsteen Sheppard, HIT
    Steffanie Strathdee, BC Centre for Excellence, Canada
    Annette Verster, Rome
    Marion Walker, Berkshire Pharmacy Syringe Exchange Scheme
    John Witton, ISDD Library

    and the participants of numerous safer injecting courses.

     


    		 This is the on-line version of  The Safer Injecting Briefing ISBN 0 9535056 0X Published by HIT, 1999 Cover design by Splinter Designed and typeset by Roger Harmar Original illustrations by Oxford Illustrators

    Distributed in the UK by HIT, Cavern Court, 8 Mathew Street, Liverpool, L2 6RE

    The Safer Injecting Briefing is available on the web at http://www.drugtext.org/books/needle/

    Peer reviewers:
    Jennifer Scott, BSc, MPharmS, The School of Pharmacy, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen; Pharmacist and Part-time Drug Worker (Drugs Action, Aberdeen)
    Stefan Janikiewicz, Clinical Director, Wirral Drug Service
    Chris Luke, Consultant in Accident and Emergency Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital
    Alan Matthews, CQSW, CCYW, Freelance Trainer
    Peter McDermott, Independent Researcher
    Janie Sheridan, PhD, MRPharmS, Senior Research Pharmacist, National Addiction Centre, London
    Tony Quinnell, MB, ChB, Drugs North West
    Michael Narayn Singh, Manager, Manchester Drug Service
    Tim Rhodes, The Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, London
    Andrew Bennett, Director, HIT
    Tom Aldridge, BA, MPhil, CQSW, Freelance Trainer and Consultant
    Lyn Matthews, Drug Worker
    Pam Briscoe, RGN, SCM, NDN Cert, Clinical Co-ordinator, Wirral Drug Service
    Susan J Burke, Drug Worker/Needle Exchange Nurse, Bolton CDT


    		We are grateful to Martindale Pharmaceuticals for an educational grant which has made this publication possible.

    Your comments and suggestions for future editions of The Safer Injecting Briefing will be gratefully received. Please send them to:

    Jon Derricott
    c/o HIT, Cavern Court,
    8 Mathew Street,
    Liverpool, L2 6RE
    or e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it '; document.write( '' ); document.write( addy_text83356 ); document.write( '<\/a>' ); //--> This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

    And finally:

    Thanks to Angela Parton, Debbie Preston, Todd, Sam, Rachel, Jack and Harry.





    		HIT was established in 1985 to provide drug training consultation and information services.

    HIT has an international reputation for advocating and implementing a harm reduction approach to the use of drugs and is particularly committed to increasing the knowledge and health of injecting drug users.

    HIT is also the:

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