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Table 1 Total number of harm reduction supplies distributed

From: The impact of an integrated safer use space and safer supply program on non-fatal overdose among emergency shelter residents during a COVID-19 outbreak: a case study

Item

Number distributed

Number of people accessing harm reduction supplies

125

Methamphetamine pipes

87

Inhalation kits (2 stems per kit)

19

Individual needle/syringe

151

2 hit kit (2 × needles, 2 × syringes, 2 × sterile water, 2 × cookers, 2 × alcohol swabs, tourniquets, Vitamin C, matches)

107

10 hit kit ((10 × needles, 10 × syringes, 10 × sterile water, 10 × cookers, 10 × alcohol swabs, tourniquets, Vitamin C, matches)

12

Foil

20

Sharps containers

3

Condoms

10

Lubricant

10

  1. These totals did not include the supplies utilized by patients while accessing the space for injection and intranasal use on site