Frequency and severity of non-fatal opioid overdoses among clients attending the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.02.027
Abstract: BACKGROUND Pharmaceutical opioid overdose rates have increased in recent years. The current study aimed to compare rates per 1000 injections of non-fatal overdose after heroin or oxycodone injection, and their comparative clinical severity. METHODS Analysis… read more here.
Keywords: injecting centre; sydney medically; non fatal; medically supervised ... See more keywords
“Overdose Has Many Faces”: The Politics of Care in Responding to Overdose at Sydney’s Medically Supervised Injecting Centre
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DOI: 10.1177/00914509221134716
Abstract: Drug consumption room literature often presents overdose as a stable phenomenon, which can be responded to in the same way from one context to the next. The literature is dominated by a clinical paradigm that… read more here.
Keywords: politics care; medically supervised; supervised injecting; care ... See more keywords
Eliminating hepatitis C in Australia: a novel model of hepatitis C testing and treatment for people who inject drugs at a medically supervised injecting facility
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DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51885
Abstract: To evaluate the feasibility of testing and treating people who inject drugs at a supervised injecting facility for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. read more here.
Keywords: injecting facility; supervised injecting; inject drugs; hepatitis ... See more keywords