Health Care

Needle-Exchange Programs

Organized services for exchange of sterile needles and syringes used for injections as a potential means of reducing the transmission of infectious diseases.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Organized services for exchange of sterile needles and syringes used for injections as a potential means of reducing the transmission of infectious diseases.

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23 entry terms
  • Needle-Exchange Program
  • Syringe-Exchange Program
  • Syringe-Exchange Programs
  • Needle Exchange Program
  • Needle Exchange Programs
  • Program, Needle-Exchange
  • Program, Syringe-Exchange
  • Programs, Needle-Exchange
  • Programs, Syringe-Exchange
  • Syringe Exchange Program
  • Syringe Exchange Programs
  • Supervised Injecting Centers
  • Supervised Injecting Facilities
  • Supervised Injecting Facility
  • Center, Supervised Injecting
  • Centers, Supervised Injecting
  • Facilities, Supervised Injecting
  • Facility, Supervised Injecting
  • Injecting Center, Supervised
  • Injecting Centers, Supervised
  • Injecting Facilities, Supervised
  • Injecting Facility, Supervised
  • Supervised Injecting Center

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11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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History Note

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Previous Indexing

  • Needles (1985-1994)
  • Substance Abuse, Intravenous (1990-1994)
  • Syringes (1985-1994)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Needle-Exchange Programs. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018671. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018671
  2. Needle-Exchange Programs. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needle_and_syringe_programmes
  3. Needle-Exchange Programs. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1760326