needle/syringe exchange program (NSEP)

The purpose of this harm reduction strategy is to provide parenteral drug addicts with a supply of sterile needles and syringes in the hope of reducing transmission of HIV, hepatitis and other infectious diseases.

• North American Syringe Exchange Network

• Needle Exchange Evaluation Report (Paperback - October 1992)
• Burrows, David Preventing the HIV Epidemic - A Briefing Paper for Policy Makers on the Role of Needle and Syringe Provision in Central and Eastern Europe and the new (Hardcover - December 2000)
• Panel on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs, Panel On Need National Research Council Proceedings Workshop on Needle Exchange and Bleach Distribution Programs (Paperback - December 1994)

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