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Category: Safer use supplies

A client of a mobile services van for a syringe services program reaches out to take some safer use supplies from a staff person in the van.
Client patient / Interaction / Mobile services / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE062 Client of mobile services van takes supplies from staff

A client of a mobile services van for a syringe services program reaches out to take some safer use supplies from a staff person in the van.

A client of a mobile services van for a syringe services program reaches out to take some safer use supplies from a staff person in the van.
Client patient / Interaction / Mobile services / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE061 Client of mobile services van takes supplies from staff

A client of a mobile services van for a syringe services program reaches out to take some safer use supplies from a staff person in the van.

A client in a tan hoodie stands outside the mobile services van for a syringe services program and points at supplies inside the van.
Client patient / Interaction / Mobile services / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE060 Client of mobile services van points at supplies inside the van

A client in a tan hoodie stands outside the mobile services van for a syringe services program and points at supplies inside the van.

A client in a tan hoodie stands outside the mobile services van for a syringe services program and reaches out to take a red sharps container (to safely dispose of use syringes) from a staff person inside the van.
Client patient / Interaction / Mobile services / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE059 Client of mobile services van takes a sharp container

A client in a tan hoodie stands outside the mobile services van for a syringe services program and reaches out to take a red sharps container (to safely dispose of used syringes) from a staff person inside the van.

A client wearing a tan hoodie and glasses reaches out to take some information (it might be an envelope for drug checking) from a staff person in a syringe services program’s mobile services van. Another staff person is seated inside the van with a clipboard and smiling.
Client patient / Interaction / Mobile services / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE054 Client takes information from staff of mobile services van

A client reaches out to take some information from a staff person in a syringe services program’s mobile services van.

A client wearing a tan hoodie reaches out to take a brown paper bag of safer use supplies from a staff person in a syringe services program’s mobile services van. The staff person is wearing a blue surgical mask.
Client patient / Interaction / Mobile services / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE053 Client receiving supplies from mobile services van staff

A client wearing a tan hoodie reaches out to take a brown paper bag of safer use supplies from a staff person in a syringe services program’s mobile services van. The staff person is wearing a blue surgical mask.

Row of shelves holding various safer use supplies in a syringe services program’s mobile services van.
Mobile services / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE052 Close-up of supply shelves in mobile services van

Close-up of row of shelves holding various safer use supplies in a syringe services program’s mobile services van.

Image taken from the back of a syringe services program’s mobile services van toward the front showing the supply shelves, open side door, and driver and passenger seats.
Mobile services / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE051 Interior of mobile services van

Image taken from the back of a syringe services program’s mobile services van toward the front showing the supply shelves, open side door, and driver and passenger seats.

Row of shelves holding various safer use supplies in a syringe services program’s mobile services van.
Mobile services / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE050 Supply shelves in a mobile services van

Row of shelves holding various safer use supplies in a syringe services program’s mobile services van.

A client wearing a blue surgical mask rests their arms on the services counter at a syringe services program and watches as a staff person, also masked, shows them different packages of syringes.
Client patient / Interaction / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE045 Client at window of syringe services program

A client wearing rests their arms on the services counter at a syringe services program and watches as a staff person shows them different packages of syringes.

Client at window of syringe services program receiving rescue breathing education from staff
Client patient / Interaction / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE044 Client at window of syringe services program receiving rescue breathing education

A client at the services window of a syringe services program watches as the staff person across from them demonstrates tipping someone’s head back and opening their mouth for rescue breathing as part of an opioid overdose response.

A smiling client at a syringe services program rests their arms on the counter as the staff person on the other side holds up a naloxone nasal spray device.
Client patient / Interaction / Naloxone / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE043 Client at window of syringe services program receiving naloxone

A smiling client at a syringe services program rests their arms on the counter as the staff person on the other side holds up a naloxone nasal spray device.

A window and counter at a syringe services program with a staff person behind the counter handing a bag of supplies to a client.
Interaction / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE039 Syringe services program staff interacting with client

A window and counter at a syringe services program showing a staff person handing a bag of supplies to a client.

A window and counter at a syringe services program with a staff person putting supplies in a paper bag for a client.
Interaction / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE038 Syringe services program staff interacting with client

A window and counter at a syringe services program with a staff person gathering supplies for a client.

A window and counter at a syringe services program with a staff person talking to a client.
Interaction / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE037 Syringe services program staff interacting with client

A window and counter at a syringe services program with a staff member talking to a client.

Supply room at a syringe services program showing stacks of different colored boxes with various sizes of syringes, and neat bins and rows of other materials in the back.
Interior space / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE036 Supply room at a syringe services program

Supply room at a syringe services program showing stacks of different colored boxes with various sizes of syringes, and neat bins and rows of other materials in the back.

A plastic zip-top bag on a table containing safer injecting supplies distributed at a syringe services program. Visible in the bag are some blue ties / tourniquets, alcohol wipes, and cookers.
Safer use supplies

TNE035 Safer injecting supplies

A plastic zip-top bag on a table containing safer injecting supplies distributed at a syringe services program. Visible in the bag are some blue ties / tourniquets, alcohol wipes, and cookers.

A plastic zip-top bag on a table containing safer injecting supplies distributed at a syringe services program. Visible in the bag are a package of new syringes and some light blue ties / tourniquets for safer injecting.
Safer use supplies

TNE034 Safer injecting supplies

A plastic zip-top bag on a table containing safer injecting supplies distributed at a syringe services program.

Two packages of fentanyl test strips sitting on a table with a couple of small vials of water and some small cookers/bowls in the background that can be used to combine a sample of a substance with the water for dipping the test strips in.
Drug checking / Drug test strips / Safer use supplies

TNE031 Fentanyl test strips with supplies

Two packages of fentanyl test strips sitting on a table with a couple of small vials of water and some small cookers/bowls.

Two packages of fentanyl test strips sitting on a table with a couple of small vials of water and some small cookers/bowls that can be used to combine a sample of a substance with the water for dipping the test strips in.
Drug checking / Drug test strips / Safer use supplies

TNE030 Fentanyl test strips and supplies

Two packages of fentanyl test strips sitting on a table with a couple of small vials of water and some small cookers/bowls.

Two vials of intramuscular naloxone 0.4mg/mL sitting on a wooden table next to a packaged syringe and some other supplies.
Naloxone / Safer use supplies

TNE029 Intramuscular naloxone in 2 vials with syringes

Two vials of intramuscular naloxone 0.4mg/mL sitting on a wooden table next to a packaged syringe and some other supplies.

Close-up of a hand holding an intramuscular naloxone kit. The packing has a white/gray background and text that reads, “To reverse an overdose: Call 911, Naloxone, Rescue breathing. 1. Remove cap from the vial + syringe. Insert needle through the rubber seal, hold vial upside down, draw up 1ML. 2. Inject Naloxone into a large muscle; upper arm, butt, or thigh (through clothing if necessary). 3. Begin rescue breathing. Tilt chin up, clear airway if necessary, pinch nose, breathe into mouth every 5 seconds. 4. If there is no response in 2-3 minutes, administer a second dose and continue rescue breathing. If possible, stay with the person until medical help arrives.”
Naloxone / Safer use supplies

TNE028 Close-up of a hand holding a naloxone kit

Close-up of a hand holding an intramuscular naloxone kit with packaging that provides instructions for use.

Close-up of a hand holding an intramuscular naloxone kit. The kit is in orange packaging with white lettering that reads, “Tacoma Needle Exchange: A Dave Purchase Project. Naloxone should be given to any person who shows signs of opioid overdose. Learn more and find additional resources online at TacomeNeedleExchange.org. Reverse overdose. Naloxone opioid reversal. 1. Call 911. 2. Naloxone. 3. Rescue breathing. Contains FDA-approved overdose reversal medication and syringes necessary to administer naloxone. Syringes possessed for medical use re NOT drug use paraphernalia.”
Naloxone / Safer use supplies

TNE027 Close up of hand holding a naloxone kit

Close-up of a hand holding an intramuscular naloxone kit with orange packaging that features instructions on use.

Naloxone kit in orange packaging with white lettering that provides information and instructions on how to use intramuscular naloxone: “Tacoma Needle Exchange: A Dave Purchase Project. Naloxone should be given to any person who shows signs of opioid overdose. Learn more and find additional resources online at TacomeNeedleExchange.org. Reverse overdose. Naloxone opioid reversal. 1. Call 911. 2. Naloxone. 3. Rescue breathing. Contains FDA-approved overdose reversal medication and syringes necessary to administer naloxone. Syringes possessed for medical use re NOT drug use paraphernalia.”
Naloxone / Safer use supplies

TNE026 Naloxone kit with instructions

Naloxone kit in orange packaging with white lettering that provides information and instructions on how to use intramuscular naloxone.

A shelf with boxes of different types of syringes
Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE020 A shelf with boxes of different types of syringes

A wooden shelf in a syringe services program with multiple blue boxes containing different color/size syringes.

Supplies behind the counter of a syringe services program including fentanyl test strips, naloxone, nicotine replacement gum, and safer use supplies for injection drugs
Naloxone / Nicotine replacement therapy / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE019 Supplies behind the counter of a syringe services program

A shelf of various safer use supplies at a syringe services program.

Display case at syringe services program showing available supplies
Drug test strips / Nicotine replacement therapy / Rapid test / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE012 Display case at syringe services program showing available supplies

Display case at a syringe services program showing various available safer use supplies / harm reduction supplies.

Display case at syringe services program showing available supplies
First aid supplies / Naloxone / Nicotine replacement therapy / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE011 Display case at syringe services program showing available supplies

Display case at a syringe services program showing various available safer use supplies / harm reduction supplies like syringes and naloxone.

Sign at a syringe services program showing different available supplies
Community health services / Drug test strips / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE008 Sign at a syringe services program showing different available supplies

Sign at the services window at Tacoma Needle Exchange, a syringe services program, showing a list of available supplies.

Service window at a syringe services program with a sign marketing different supplies and lots of informational materials
Interior space / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE006 Service window at a syringe services program

Close-up of the service window at a syringe services program showing stickers and informational materials on the counter, supplies in the back, and the corner of a services sign.

Service window at a syringe services program showing a sign with a list of available supplies and lots of informational materials
Interior space / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

TNE003 Service window at a syringe services program

Service window at a syringe services program showing a welcoming environment with a large sign listing different available services and lots of colorful informational flyers and supplies.

Syringe services program staff person handing safer use supplies to a client.
Client patient / Interaction / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH2H073 Syringe services program staff person handing safer use supplies to a client

A syringe services program staff person smiles and hands a package of safer use supplies across a counter to a client.

Syringe services program staff interacting with a client in front of shelves of supplies.
Client patient / Interaction / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH2H072 Syringe services program staff interacting with a client in front of supplies

A syringe services program staff person talks to a client in front of shelves of safer use supplies.

Syringe services program staff person showing a package of safer use supplies to a client.
Client patient / Interaction / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH2H069 Syringe services program staff person shows package of safer use supplies to a client

Syringe services staff person holds package of safer use supplies and talks to client.

Syringe services program client holding safer use supplies while staff person looks on.
Client patient / Interaction / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH2H068 Syringe services program client reads package label while staff person looks on

Syringe services program client reads label on package of safer use supplies while a staff person looks on.

Syringe services program staff showing client a naloxone nasal spray device.
Client patient / Interaction / Naloxone / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH2H067 Syringe services program staff showing client a naloxone nasal spray atomizer

Syringe services program staff person holds a naloxone nasal device and talks to a client.

A syringe services program staff person with a beard and a blue vest is pointing at and talking to a client wearing a black and yellow shirt across a counter from them.
Client patient / Interaction / Naloxone / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH3H066 Syringe services program staff person talking to client about naloxone

A syringe services program staff person talks to a client holding a box of naloxone.

A syringe services program staff person with a beard and a blue vest hands a paper bag of harm reduction / safer use supplies to a client wearing a black and yellow shirt.
Client patient / Interaction / Naloxone / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH2H065 Syringe services program staff person handing paper bag of safer use supplies to client

Syringe services program staff person hands a bag of safer use supplies to a client.

A syringe services program staff person is holding two different-colored packages of syringes with one hand and pointing at one of them with the other while they talk to a client across a counter.
Client patient / Interaction / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH2H064 Syringe services program staff person talking to client about syringe sizes

Syringe services program staff person talks to a client about different sizes of syringes.

A syringe services program staff person is blurred in the background, holding a box of syringes in one hand and a packet of syringes in the other while talking to a client in a black and yellow shirt across a counter.
Client patient / Interaction / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH2H063 Syringe services program staff person giving syringes to client

A syringe services program staff person holds a box of syringes in one hand and a packet of syringes in the other while talking to a client.

A syringe services program staff person with a beard and a blue vest is looking down at a display of different syringes listening while a client with a black and yellow shirt points at the display.
Client patient / Interaction / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH2H062 Syringe services program staff person talking to a client about different syringe sizes

A syringe services program staff person and a client look at a display of different types/sizes of syringes.

Syringe services program staff person talking to a client about safer use supplies.
Client patient / Interaction / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH2H061 Syringe services program staff person talking to a client about safer use supplies

A syringe services program staff person smiles while talking to a client in a black and yellow shirt across from a counter

A syringe services program staff person with a beard and a blue vest is pointing at some boxes of syringes on shelves behind a counter while talking to a client in a black and yellow shirt.
Client patient / Interaction / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH2H060 Syringe services program staff person talking about syringes with a client

A syringe services program staff person pointing at some boxes of syringes while talking to a client.

A client with a yellow and black shirt talking to a smiling staff person with a beard and a blue vest at a syringe services program with syringes and other safer use supplies on shelves behind a counter.
Client patient / Interaction / Provider staff / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH2H059 Syringe services program staff person and client

A client talks to a smiling staff person at a syringe services program with shelves of supplies in the background.

Close-up of supply shelves in a syringe services program showing colorful boxes of syringes in different sizes, nicotine replacement gum and patches, hygiene supplies, and more
Hygiene supplies / Naloxone / Safer use supplies

BMH2H022 Supply shelves

Supply shelves in a syringe services program showing colorful boxes of safer use and hygiene supplies.

Close-up of two large blue metal bins on a table in a syringe services program containing hygiene supplies (toothbrushes, razors, e.g.) and condoms
Hygiene supplies / Safer sex supplies / Safer use supplies

BMH2H019 Hygiene and safer sex supplies

Close-up of two large blue metal bins on a table in a syringe services program with hygiene and safer sex supplies.

Close-up, angled photo of supply shelves in a syringe services program (SSP) showing multiple colorful boxes of materials, including large "bathing cloths"
Hygiene supplies / Safer use supplies

BMH2H018 Safer use & hygiene supplies

Supply shelves in a syringe services program (SSP) showing multiple colorful boxes of safer use and hygiene supplies.

Close-up, angled photo of supply shelves in a syringe services program (SSP) that show many colorful boxes of syringes and other materials, as well as a stack of canned black beans
Food assistance / Safer use supplies

BMH2H017 Supplies and food assistance

Supply shelves in a syringe services program with safer use materials and food assistance items (canned beans).

Close-up, angled photo of a black box with dividers in a syringe services program that contains multiple small items like bandages and small vials of water.
Safer use supplies

BMH2H016 First aid & safer use supplies

Close-up, angled photo of a black box with dividers in a syringe services program that contains multiple small first aid and safer use supplies.

Close-up of a black box with dividers in a syringe services program that contains multiple small items, like hand wipes, CPR shields, fentanyl test strips, etc.
Safer use supplies

BMH2H015 Safer use supplies

Black box with dividers in a syringe services program that contains multiple safer use supplies.

Close-up of a shelf in a syringe services program that features a row of colorful boxes containing syringes of different sizes.
Safer use supplies

BMH2H014 Supplies syringes

Shelf in a syringe services program that features a row of colorful syringe boxes.

Close-up of a row of supply shelves in a syringe services program.
Naloxone / Safer use supplies

BMH2H013 Supply shelves

Row of supply shelves in a syringe services program.

Close-up of a clear plastic container with packets of supplies in small bags. A label on the container reads “Booty bumping 101!" with detailed instructions on how to use the supplies
Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH2H012 Booty bumping supplies

Clear plastic container with packets of booty bumping supplies

Close-up of a table in front of a row of shelves in a syringe services program showing various supplies.
Safer sex supplies / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH2H011 Lip balm & condoms

Table in syringe services program with lip balm and condoms.

Close up of a warm and welcoming sign on a table featuring a poem about saying "Hello"
Community health services / Interior space / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH2H010 “Hello” welcome sign

Close up of a small sign on a table with a welcoming poem titled “Hello”

A shadowbox-type frame showing different sizes and gauges of syringes
Educational materials / Safer use supplies

BMH2H009 Needle sizes box

A shadowbox frame showing different sizes and gauges of syringes.

Table in front of a wall of shelves in a syringe services program stocked with harm reduction supplies.
Interior space / Naloxone / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH2H008 SSP supply shelves

Table in front of a wall of shelves in a syringe services program stocked with safer use supplies.

Table in the entryway to a syringe services and treatment services organization, showing two baskets of supplies, including condoms and COVID-19 tests
Community health services / COVID-19 / Interior space / Safer sex supplies / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH2H006 Condoms & COVID-19 supplies

Table in the entryway to a syringe services program and community health organization, showing two baskets of supplies (condoms and COVID-19 rapid tests/masks)

Entryway to a syringe services and treatment services organization
Community health services / COVID-19 / Interior space / Safer use supplies / Syringe services program

BMH2H005 SSP entry & supplies

Entryway to a syringe services program and community health organization, showing table and shelves with safer use supplies

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