Table 2 Primary locations for disposal of used syringes among a sample of people who inject drugs before and after the opening of a supervised injecting facility in Copenhagen, Denmark ( n = 41)
Disposal mechanism/site | Before SIF opened n (%) | After SIF opened n (%) |
|---|---|---|
Returned to the needle exchange (or SIF) | 14 (34.1) | 36 (87.8) |
Put them in an outdoors sharps container | 19 (46.3) | 8 (19.5) |
Put them in their own sharps container | 11 (26.8) | 6 (14.6) |
Threw them in the garbage | 23 (56.1) | 5 (12.2) |
Dropped them on the ground | 5 (12.2) | 0 (0.0) |
Gave them to another user | 2 (4.9) | 0 (0.0) |
Flushed them down the toilet | 4 (9.8) | 0 (0.0) |
Other | 3 (7.3) | 0 (0.0) |