What do syringe service programs look like?

All SSPs look different depending on the state; however, a comprehensive SSP typically provides the following services:

• Exchange or garner access to sterile hypodermic devices and supplemental works (i.e. cookers, cottons, tourniquets)
• Provide a place to dispose of needles and hand out sharps containers
• Provide education on safer injection practices and healthcare
• Hand out alcohol swabs to prevent abscesses and other bacterial infections
• Counseling and HIV/HCV/TB testing
• Condom distribution and education on safer sex practices
• Referrals to mental health, treatment and health care providers
• Overdose prevention and distribution of Naloxone