Historique
Rapport
European Syringe Collection and Analysis Enterprise (ESCAPE). Generic protocol
Auteur(s) :
OEDT = EMCDDA (Observatoire européen des drogues et des dépendances = European monitoring centre for drugs and drug addiction) ;
NÉFAU, T. ;
LEFRANÇOIS, E. ;
DETREZ, V. ;
SEYLER, T. ;
GUARITA, B. ;
ESCAPE Network
Année
2021
Page(s) :
18 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Collection :
Technical reports
ISBN :
978-92-9497-568-3
Domaine :
Autres substances / Other substances ; Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
PRO (Produits, mode d'action, méthode de dépistage / Substances, action mode, screening methods)
Thésaurus géographique
EUROPE
Thésaurus mots-clés
METHODE
;
ANALYSE CHIMIQUE
;
SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGIQUE
;
SERINGUE
;
INJECTION
;
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
DROGUES DE SYNTHESE
Résumé :
This protocol documents a new approach that has been developed to monitor substances injected by people who inject drugs through analytically confirmed data at the local level: the analysis of residual content of used syringes. Used syringes contain traces of drugs that can be analysed to inform public health professionals about injecting drug use, and to contribute to the understanding of drug addiction among people who inject drugs. Used syringes can be collected from low-threshold services where needle exchange programmes are in place. They can also be collected from automatic injection kit dispensers, combined with street bins (where people who inject drugs can obtain their new sterile injection kit in return of a used syringe), thereby obtaining injecting material from populations that might not be in contact with health and social services.