Table 11. Needle sharing and cleaning during the 12 months before interview among 711 injection drug users recruited at street location or needle exchange program, HIV Testing Survey, 2002
Used water, rubbing alcohol, or peroxide
to clean previously used needlesa
223
Never
133
(60)
Sometimes
67
(30)
Always
16
(7)
Used the same cooker, cotton, rinse water
or other equipment with other people
711
Never
397
(56)
Sometimes
270
(38)
Always
40
(6)
Received a bleach kit for cleaning needles
711
No
316
(44)
Yes
387
(54)
Total
711
223
(31)
Note. Column percentages may not add to 100 because of rounding. Numbers may not add to totals because of missing data.
MSM, men who have sex with men; HRHs, high-risk heterosexuals; STD, sexually transmitted disease; IDUs, injection drug users; NEP, needle exchange program; dash indicates data not included.
a
Asked of those who said they had sometimes (n = 215) or always (n = 8) used a needle they knew or suspected had been used by someone else.
