New Ideas on Bleach and Needles

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HEALTH & FITNESS | November 19, 2002, Tuesday
VITAL SIGNS: PREVENTION; New Ideas on Bleach and Needles

By Eric Nagourney (NYT) 264 words
Late Edition - Final, Section F, Page 6, Column 1

LEAD PARAGRAPH - Encouraging intravenous drug users to clean their needles with bleach fell out of favor when it was learned that the practice was ineffective in reducing the spread of AIDS. A new report, however, suggests that bleach may help curb the spread of hepatitis C.

Writing in Epidemiology this month, researchers reported that among more than 450 drug users studied, those who said they cleaned their needles all the time were 65 percent as likely to be infected with hepatitis C as those who did not use bleach at all. Those who said they used bleach ''less than all the time'' had a 24 percent lower risk.

 


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