Interim Guidance for Syringe Services Programs: May 15, 2020

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  Syringe services programs (SSPs) are community-based prevention programs that can provide a range of services, including access to and disposal of sterile syringes and injection equipment, vaccination, testing for infectious diseases such as viral hepatitis and HIV, naloxone distribution, and linkage to infectious disease care and substance use treatment. SSPs prevent infectious diseases, help link clients to treatment for substance use disorders, and have the potential to prevent overdose deaths among people who inject drugs.
  
  Education, Prevention, and Screening for SARS-CoV-2 infection (the virus that causes COVID-19 illness) -- Additional considerations and procedure adjustments to prevent SARS-CoV-2 transmission -- Additional Resources.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Community Health Services Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 Needle-Exchange Programs Pandemics
• Series:
  Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Guideline
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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