Injecting Equipment Provider (IEP)
IEP Participants List - February 2024
The essential points distilled from the Reducing Harm Booklet are:
- IEP is a valuable public health intervention and should be seen a ‘core service’ and maintained as such.
- The prevalence of HIV amongst those people injecting drugs in GGC has never been higher (11% in Glasgow City Centre), therefore we need to maintain and promote IEP to reduce the likelihood of sharing injecting equipment, even through this difficult time.
- We have no limits on the amount of equipment that can be taken. In fact, we are encouraging clients to take away enough for 2 weeks at a time. Be prepared for this and keep stock levels high.
- The NEO database should be used to record all transactions as this demographic and transactional information is invaluable to us.
- Providing equipment is easy, it all comes packaged together in what we term “one hit kits”.
- We have 3 sizes of one hit kits. These are colour coded and relate to needle size.
- We also provide water for injection, foil and sharps containers.
- For those injecting steroids we have a handy glasses case which is prefilled with equipment for intramuscular injection.
- No equipment should be withheld from clients if they do not have returns. Returns can be taken to any IEP in NHS GG&C.
- Those clients using the pharmacy for OST should also have confidential and unrestricted access to IEP.
- All clients accessing IEP should be offered Naloxone frequently.
- All equipment is ordered through Frontier. If unsure of the order process contact John Campbell by email: john.campbell@ggc.scot.nhs.uk or telephone: 0141 303 3931 and he will order.
- The pharmacy Addiction Services team contact number is 0141 303 8931.