Safer injections education tools

This tool is intended for health and social services professionals who hand out injection equipment. The aim is to familiarize them with the available equipment and to enable them to feel more confident about initiating a discussion on promoting safer injections of psychoactive substances (PAS) during their interventions. To make it easier to understand the seven steps involved in reducing injection risk, this tool is accompanied by a video (Les 7 étapes de l’injection à risque réduit).

This tool is intended for health and social services professionals who hand out injection equipment. The goal is to empower such professionals to develop a supportive and confident attitude about discussing the injection of psychoactive substances (PAS) in a positive and non-stigmatizing way. The tool is complimented by a video (Soutien à l’intervention  pour une injection  à risque réduit) that provides tips on how to support people who inject PAS and encourage them to adopt techniques that reduce the risks of injection.