Nearly 200 stakeholders, who convened at Premier healthcare alliance and the Safe Injection Practices Coalition’s open meeting, developed 22 safe injection practices. Proceedings, background materials ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Safe Injection Practices Coalition have released new educational tools on safe injection practices. The materials include a training presentation ...

Ambulatory surgery centers have made significant strides over the past several years in improving their infection prevention efforts, says Phenelle Segal, RN CIC, president of Infection Control ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers a free, downloadable checklist to help improve compliance to safe injection practices. The checklist, which can be utilized in both inpatient and ...

Project Weber/RENEW on July 10, 2025. The center provides harm reduction and recovery services and sits next to the Rhode Island Hospital campus in Providence. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror This ...

Needle-sharing programs, also referred to as needle exchange or syringe services programs, are integral to public health efforts. These initiatives supply clean needles and syringes to individuals who ...

Safe injection practices are essential for protecting both patients and healthcare providers from preventable harm. From proper site selection and aseptic preparation to correct disposal, mastering ...

(*This story was updated at 9:43 a.m. on Friday, April 5, 2024 to correct a quotation from a spokesman for City Manager Eric Batista.) As deaths caused by opioid overdoses continue to rise yearly in ...

NEW YORK — On a recent Thursday afternoon, Antoine Balimr prepared to inject drugs. On a wall behind him, bold blue letters spelled out the mission of this unusual place. “This site saves lives.” ...