Use of alcohol swabs to clean injecting sites among people who regularly inject drugs in Australia.
Daisy GibbsAmy PeacockDaniel O'KeefeKerryn ButlerRaimondo BrunoSimon LentonLucinda BurnsSarah LarneyPublished in: Drug and alcohol review (2019)
Efforts are needed to increase awareness of the importance of injecting hygiene in preventing SSTI. Interventions to increase swabbing should be included as part of a wider package of injecting hygiene education, particularly in light of associations with receptive and/or distributive syringe sharing.