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Posted 8/24/2020 (updated 3/28/2024)
Lessons Learned From Listening Sessions With Five Tribes in Minnesota.
Posted 3/21/2022 (updated 3/27/2024)
People who inject drugs (PWID) are likely to experience wounds and infection related to their injection drug use. Common wounds and infections experienced by PWID include blood poisoning (septicemia), infection of the heart lining (endocarditis), tetanus, hepatitis, bruising, collapsed veins, abscesses and blood clots. Preventing and caring for wounds in PWID requires special consideration of the conditions surrounding drug use.