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IV Drug Care
HIV/AIDS Program - Injecting Drugs Doesn't Have to Mean
Getting HIV
Injecting Drugs
Doesn’t Have to Mean Getting HIV
You deserve to be safe from HIV and AIDS.
Learn how to protect yourself from HIV.
Safer
things to do:
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Clean your skin with
alcohol where you are going to inject.
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Clean your needles and works with bleach and
water.
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Lean how to use your own works and don’t share
with anyone!
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Use a new needle every time you inject
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Use the needle exchange programs listed on the
back of this brochure to get clean needles.
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Find out about drug treatment programs (call
1-800-327-5050 for more information).
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Carry condoms with you and use a new one each time
you anal or vaginal sex.
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Use a water-based lubricant. Oils, petroleum
jelly, or hand and body lotions make condoms break.
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Oral sex is less risky than anal or vaginal sex.
Do not have oral sex if you have mouth sores or cuts.
These
are not safe:
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Having vaginal or anal sex without a condom.
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Sharing needles, works,
cookers, or cotton balls.
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Buying needles on the street.
Cleaning your
needles and works can protect you from HIV.
Use your own works and keep them clean
with laundry bleach and water from a faucet.
Step 1:
Rinse with water from a faucet
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Fill the syringe with water
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Shake it, shake it, shake it
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Push the water out
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Do this three times
Step 2: Rinse with bleach
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Fill the syringe with pure laundry bleach
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Shake it, shake it, shake it
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Push the bleach out
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Do this 3 times
Step 3: Rinse again with water from a faucet
Want more
information? All calls are confidential.
Massachusetts HIV Counseling and Testing Hotline
1-800-235-2331
Information on HIV and AIDS, Referrals for
confidential and anonymous HIV counseling and testing
Massachusetts Substance Abuse Information and Education Helpline
1-800-327-5050
TTY: 617-536-5872
Information and referrals for substance
abuse treatment and self-help groups
Needle Exchange information
Boston
1-617-771-2138
Cambridge
1-617-661-3040
Northampton 1-800-696-7752 or
1-413-586-2016, x154
Provincetown 1-508-487-9445
Knowledge is Power!
Share the Power, Not HIV
Massachusetts
Department of Public Health
HIV/AIDS Bureau
June 1999
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HIV/AIDS
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