People who inject drugs face many challenges that contribute to poor health outcomes, including drug overdose, HIV, and hepatitis C infections. These conditions require high-quality prevention and ...

Elayne Gordonov, Market Manager - Global Bio Market at Instron, talks to AZoM about physical testing requirements of syringes, Luer connections, and needle-based injection systems in-line with ISO ...

Many different types of testing profiles can be used to test a syringe. There are ASTM and ISO standards, for example, ISO7864 and ISO9626, as well as individual company specified testing profiles.

Prevention Point Philadelphia in Kensington offers HIV testing every day. The organization also has the largest syringe services programs in the city. Kareem Mims, prevention health care coordinator ...

Up to 2,700 patients, including children, need to be tested for HIV and hepatitis because a handful of nurses in a Northern Alberta hospital injected drugs with reused syringes for nearly two decades.