Historique
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Survival of Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 after rinsing injection syringes with different cleaning solutions
(Survie du virus d'immunodéficience de type 1 après rinçage des seringues avec différentes solutions nettoyantes)
Auteur(s) :
ABDALA, N. ;
CROWE, M. ;
TOLSTOV Y. ;
HEIMER, R.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
581-600
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
54
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Thésaurus mots-clés
VIH
;
SERINGUE
;
REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES
;
INFECTION
;
EAU DE JAVEL
;
ALCOOL
;
ANTISEPTIQUES
Thésaurus géographique
ETATS-UNIS
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2004, 39, (4), 581-600
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
Bleaching of syringes has been advocated to prevent HIV transmission among injection drug users (IDUs). Several reports indicate that IDUs use household products to disinfect syringes instead of bleach. To test their disinfection efficacy, we performed syringe-rinsing simulations with a range of agents used by IDUs trying to disinfect their syringes. No viable HIV-1 was recovered from syringes rinsed with bleach diluted 1 : 10. Bleach stored at 37°C and rubbing alcohol performed better than water and the other liquids tested, but less well than bleach 1 : 10. Rinsing syringes with the other liquids was similar to rinsing with water alone. Increasing the rinsing volume did not always increase the effect of rinsing, but the addition of a second rinse consistently increased rinsing efficacy. Bleaching remains the most effective disinfectant among those tested. It is important that IDUs learn the proper techniques for bleach storage and syringe decontamination. Other household products are not effective disinfectants and should be avoided. Because access to sterile syringes may be restricted by laws, public policy, and police practices, bleach retains its importance in the control of the HIV-1 epidemic among IDUs. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, LEPH, 60 College St., New Haven, CT 06520-8034. E-mail : robert.heimeryale.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.