Maloney Stephanie, Keenan Eammon, Geoghegan Noreen
Dublin Mid-Leinster.
Nurs Times. 2010;106(23):21-4.
Much research has been done on the risk taking behaviour of drug users who inject. Cutaneous or subcutaneous skin and soft tissue abscesses are common complications of intravenous drug use.
To identify the risk factors to which drug users who inject expose themselves, in an attempt to improve initial assessment.
A convenience sampling method was used, and structured interviews carried out with 70 injecting drug users attending a methadone treatment setting in Dublin.
Forty eight (69%) of participants have had an abscess at some stage. Poor levels of skin cleansing were identified as a main cause, and 80% admitted to sharing injecting equipment.
Healthcare professionals need to develop better strategies for delivering messages to clients regarding safer injecting behaviour.
针对注射吸毒者的冒险行为已开展了大量研究。皮肤或皮下皮肤及软组织脓肿是静脉注射吸毒的常见并发症。
确定注射吸毒者面临的风险因素，以改进初始评估。
采用便利抽样法，对都柏林一家美沙酮治疗机构的70名注射吸毒者进行了结构化访谈。
48名（69%）参与者在某个阶段曾患脓肿。皮肤清洁水平差被确定为主要原因，80%的人承认共用注射器具。
医疗保健专业人员需要制定更好的策略，向客户传达关于更安全注射行为的信息。
