Abstract:Background and aims: An estimated 68,297 people with opioid use disorder engage in opioid agonist therapy (OAT) in Spain. We aimed to calculate the incidence of severe injection-related infections in people who inject drugs (PWID) engaged in OAT in a harm reduction setting without a safe injection site (SCS).Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed in PWID engaged in OAT and in a mobile harm reduction unit to identify who was admitted to a referral hospital for any severe injection-related infection… Show more
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