REPORT FROM SYRINGE EXCHANGE IN COMPARABLE CITY

November 2011 Monthly Report

Twenty participants were tested for HIV in November.

Total contacts: 395

Total IDU contacts: 338  [IDU = Injection Drug Use]

Total unduplicated IDU contacts: 295

Syringes: 3420

Condoms distributed: Male- 2024, Female-57, Dental Dams-42 Finger Cots-60

Demographics of unduplicated IDU contacts:

African American male: 46

White Male: 47

Latino: 80

African American female: 33

White female: 47

Latina: 42

We completed 212 referrals for various services.

This month, as a result of our 68 total D&A [Drug & Alcohol] referrals, seven participants entered into drug treatment facilities. This indicates those of whom we are aware; there may be additional entries of which we are not aware.

EDITOR: Too bad that Lancaster has no such service due to betrayal of their mission and public trust by ‘public charity’ Lancaster General Health.

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