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Document 0598
DOCN M94A0598
TI Provision of needles and syringes to injecting drug users (IDU) from
pharmacies in Victoria.
DT 9412
AU Mathews G; Batchelor M; Carswell P; Marcon N; Department of Health and
Community Services Public Health Branch,; Health Protection, AIDS/STD
Unit, Melbourne, Victoria.
SO Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1993 Oct 28-30;5:87 (poster no. 25).
Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ASHM5/94349057
AB Both the Victorian Needle and Syringe Exchange Program (NSEP) and
Pharmacy Program provide sterile injecting equipment to Injecting Drug
Users (IDU). The broad aim of the program is to prevent the transmission
of HIV amongst IDU and from IDU to the broader community. Although the
NSEP has been successful in reaching a large number of IDU (70,871
visits and 1,326,000 needles distributed in 1992) this program does not
meet the needs of all IDU. Consequently the selling of needles and
syringes in pharmacies to IDU ensures that more IDU have access to clean
needles and syringes. In December 1991, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia
(Victorian Branch) and the Department of Health and Community Services
(DHCS) introduced a portable plastic container (Fitpack) for the sale of
needles and syringes. These packs contain either 3, 5 or 10 needles and
are sold in pharmacies throughout Victoria. The Fitpack provides a safe
means of storage and disposal for needles and syringes. The sale of
needles and syringes in Fitpacks represents a significant component of
overall pharmacy sales (1,132,000 needles and syringes). Fitpack sales
have increased steadily since the program's inception in 1991. Currently
308,000 needles and syringes are sold annually in the form of a Fitpack.
Monitoring of the Fitpack Program has enabled the DHCS to determine the
number of pharmacists selling Fitpacks and to contrast sales patterns
between metropolitan and country pharmacists.
DE Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/ TRANSMISSION
Health Services Needs and Demand/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Human HIV
Infections/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/TRANSMISSION Needle Sharing/*ADVERSE
EFFECTS/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA *Pharmaceutical Services/STATISTICS &
NUMER DATA Substance Abuse, Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS/EPIDEMIOLOGY/
*REHABILITATION *Syringes Victoria/EPIDEMIOLOGY MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).