Single-Use Syringes

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Abstract
The transmission of blood-borne diseases such as HIV infection and hepatitis B often occurs in a chain from person to person. The accidental or deliberate reuse of unsterilized needles or syringes is a critical link in the chain. The spread of AIDS among intravenous drug users, their sexual partners, and the babies born to them constitutes the fastest-growing portion of the HIV epidemic in the United States. In countries where needle sharing is common among drug abusers, there is a high risk of such accelerated spread of AIDS and hepatitis B.1 Because of pervasive needle sharing within the intravenous drug culture in the United States, even low-seroprevalence communities are potentially vulnerable to a high level of spread of HIV, such as occurs in New York City.2

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