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Anchorage Syringe Exchange
- Provide access to sterile syringes also provide HIV Prevention, counseling testing, referrals to drug treatment.
- Target IDU’s high-risk drug behaviors such as frequency of injection (often with the same needle), needle or syringe sharing, and use of unclean injection equipment.
How it works
- Drop in Basis
- Exchangers provided with harm reduction information
- Supplies recorded
- Baseline demographics recorded
Prevention & Education
- All clients offered free HIV testing
All clients receive:
- Referral to STD clinic
- Referral to Methadone treatment facility
- Condoms
Clients are offered :
- Cookers & Cottons
- Sharps containter
- Tourniquets
- Alcohol swabs


