Norfolk Guy A, Gray Selena F
Avon and Somerset Constabulary, Bristol, UK.
Addiction. 2003 Aug;98(8):1163-6. doi: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2003.00462.x.
To determine the frequency with which intravenous drug users (IDUs) experience broken needles during their injecting careers.
Cross-sectional survey.
Seventy intravenous drug users held in police custody in Bristol between May and September 2002.
Self-reported history of experience of broken needles.
Fourteen (20%, 95% CI 11-29%) had experienced a needle breaking while injecting. The total number of broken needles was 23, of which 14 (61%) were recovered, four by surgical intervention, and the remainder as a result of direct action by the individual. Of the 23 broken needles, nine (39%) were reported to be fresh needles, whereas the remainder were being re-used.
IDUs may well experience, directly or indirectly, incidents involving broken needles during the course of their injecting careers. Given the potential for embolization and the risk of subsequent complications when this occurs, we recommend that harm minimization guidance should include advice about this potential hazard and the need for early action to retrieve broken needles.
确定静脉注射吸毒者（IDU）在其注射生涯中出现断针情况的频率。
横断面调查。
2002年5月至9月期间被警方拘留在布里斯托尔的70名静脉注射吸毒者。
自我报告的断针经历史。
14人（20%，95%可信区间11 - 29%）在注射时经历过断针。断针总数为23根，其中14根（61%）被找回，4根通过手术干预找回，其余由个人直接找回。在23根断针中，9根（39%）据报告是新针，其余为重复使用的针。
静脉注射吸毒者在其注射生涯中很可能直接或间接地经历与断针有关的事件。鉴于发生这种情况时存在栓塞的可能性以及随后出现并发症的风险，我们建议减少伤害的指导应包括关于这种潜在危害的建议以及尽早采取行动找回断针的必要性。
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