People who inject drugs face big risks

The risks from injecting may be reduced:

• Use the smallest needle possible to inject
• Always avoid re-used and 'cleaned' needles
• Rotate your injection sites so that any swelling of inflammation has time to settle down
• Use sterile water by using fresh boiled water or clean fresh tap water
• Poor injecting technique and dirty equipment can lead to infection

Remember: never borrow, lend or share needles, barrels, spoons, filters and other injecting equipment; this is because they all carry germs and bacteria that can cause serious infections.

FOLLOW THE GOLDEN RULE: DO NOT SHARE EQUIPMENT