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  1. Unsafe injection practices and injection overuse are widespread in developing countries harming the patient and inviting risks to the health care workers. In Nepal, there is a dearth of documented information ...

    Authors: Sudesh Gyawali, Devendra S Rathore, Bhuvan KC and P Ravi Shankar
    Citation: BMC International Health and Human Rights 2013 13:3
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. Injection drug users (IDUs) in San Juan, Puerto Rico are characterized by high rates of daily injecting, injection of shared drugs, re-use of injection syringes, and use of shooting galleries. They lack adequa...

    Authors: HAnn Finlinson, Héctor M Colón, Juan Negrón and Rafaela R Robles
    Citation: Harm Reduction Journal 2008 5:14
    Content type: Brief report Published on:

  3. The unnecessary and unsafe use of injections is common in developing countries like Nepal. Policymakers have an important role in promoting rational and safe injection use. Hence, the present study was carried...

    Authors: Sudesh Gyawali, Devendra Singh Rathore, Pathiyil Ravi Shankar, Manisha Maskey and Vikash Kumar KC
    Citation: BMC International Health and Human Rights 2014 14:21
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  4. Despite the high prevalence of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in China, HBV infection prevention and long-term care knowledge of health professionals is inadequate. To address this knowledge gap, we...

    Authors: Jing Wang, Qiming Feng, Andrew Tam, Tong Sun, Peijing Zhou and Samuel So
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2016 16:81
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Previous studies have shown that unsafe injection practice is a major public health problem in Nepal but did not quantify the problem. The present community-based study was planned to: 1) quantify injection us...

    Authors: Sudesh Gyawali, Devendra Singh Rathore, Pathiyil Ravi Shankar, Vikash Kumar KC, Manisha Maskey and Nisha Jha
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:435
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  6. In this qualitative analysis we aimed to explore addiction physicians’ perspectives on safer injection education for people who inject drugs, especially: (1) on possible means of introducing safer injection ed...

    Authors: Anastasia Demina, Caroline Desprès and Marie-France Mamzer
    Citation: BMC Medical Ethics 2023 24:63
    Content type: Research Published on:

  7. Understanding injection practices is crucial for evidence-based development of intervention initiatives. This study explored the extent of injection use and injection safety practices in primary care hospitals...

    Authors: AK Azad Chowdhury, Tapash Roy, ABM Faroque, Sitesh C Bachar, Muhammad Asaduzzaman, Nishat Nasrin, Nahid Akter, Hamidur Rahman Gazi, Abul Kalam Lutful Kabir, Masuma Parvin and Claire Anderson
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2011 11:779
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. Community pharmacies in Nepal serve as the first point of contact for the public with the health care system and provide many services, including administering injections. However, there is a general lack of d...

    Authors: Sudesh Gyawali, Devendra Singh Rathore, Kishor Adhikari, Pathiyil Ravi Shankar, Vikash Kumar KC and Suyog Basnet
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2014 14:190
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  9. Testosterone stimulates growth in many prostate tumours. The established GnRH analogue leuprolide acetate is incorporated in a novel biodegradable polymer matrix (Atrigel® delivery system), that can be administer...

    Authors: Ulf W Tunn
    Citation: BMC Urology 2011 11:15
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. Fentanyl has contributed to a sharp rise in the toxicity of the unregulated drug supply and fatal overdoses in Canada. It has also changed injection practices. Injection frequency has increased as a result and...

    Authors: Marilou Gagnon, Katherine Rudzinski, Adrian Guta, Rose A. Schmidt, David T. Kryszajtys, Gillian Kolla and Carol Strike
    Citation: Harm Reduction Journal 2023 20:81
    Content type: Research Published on:

  12. The ability to self-inject in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) has been associated with a reduced risk of missed injections and drug discontinuation, and a beneficial effect on patients' independence. How...

    Authors: J Theodore Phillips, Edward Fox, William Grainger, Dianne Tuccillo, Shifang Liu and Aaron Deykin
    Citation: BMC Neurology 2011 11:126
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  13. Unsafe injection practices are prevalent among injection drug users (IDU) and have resulted in numerous forms of drug-related harm including HIV/HCV transmission and other bacterial and viral infections. North...

    Authors: Danya Fast, Will Small, Evan Wood and Thomas Kerr
    Citation: Harm Reduction Journal 2008 5:32
    Content type: Research Published on:

  14. Unsafe reuse of injection equipment in hospitals is an on-going threat to patient safety in many parts of Africa. The extent of this problem is difficult to measure. Standard WHO injection safety assessment pr...

    Authors: Mbah P Okwen, Bedes Y Ngem, Fozao A Alomba, Mireille V Capo, Savanna R Reid and Ebong C Ewang
    Citation: Harm Reduction Journal 2011 8:4
    Content type: Research Published on:

  15. Intra-articular corticosteroid injections (ICSI) are an effective symptomatic treatment for osteoarthritis of the hip. However, the safety of ICSI has been questioned and a relatively high risk for septic arth...

    Authors: Laura Elisa Streck, Sebastian Braun, Kimi Spilo, Cosima Sue Boettner, Marco Brenneis and Friedrich Boettner
    Citation: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2023 24:665
    Content type: Research Published on:

  18. In the context of the current U.S. injection drug use epidemic, targeted public health harm reduction strategies have traditionally focused on overdose prevention and reducing transmission of blood-borne viral...

    Authors: Alexander Hrycko, Pedro Mateu-Gelabert, Courtney Ciervo, Rebecca Linn-Walton and Benjamin Eckhardt
    Citation: Harm Reduction Journal 2022 19:41
    Content type: Research Published on:

  19. The common failure of health systems to ensure adequate and sufficient supplies of injection devices may have a negative impact on injection safety. We conducted an assessment in April 2001 to determine to whi...

    Authors: Sophie Logez, Yvan Hutin, Paul Somda, Jérôme Thuault and Kathleen Holloway
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2005 5:136
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  20. Reuse of injection devices to give healthcare injections decreased from 39.8 to 5.5% between 2000 and 2010, but trends since 2011 have not been described. We reviewed results of Demographic and Health Surveys ...

    Authors: Tomoyuki Hayashi, Yvan J.-F. Hutin, Marc Bulterys, Arshad Altaf and Benedetta Allegranzi
    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2019 19:600
    Content type: Research article Published on:

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