Editor: The following is a monthly report from a syringe exchange for a comparable metropolitan area. Lancaser General Hospital refuses to help support a syringe exchange here in Lancaster, despite an offer by the Urban League to be the operator.
September 2011 Monthly Report
Twenty-siv participants were tested for HIV in September.
September 2011 Report
Total contacts: 381
Total IDU contats: 321
Total unduplicated IDU contacts: 268
Syringes: 3320
Condoms distributed: Male- 2208, Female-68, Dental Dams-61 Finger Cots-60
Demographics of unduplicated IDU contacts:
African American male: 47
White Male: 43
Latino: 68
African American female: 28
White female: 44
Latina: 38
We completed 335 referrals for various services.
This month, as a result of our 116 total D&A referrals, ten 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.
