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Figure 1 : Target and Actual Number of NSEP Kits
1
 Distributed
by Each Site Each Month
1
A kit contains 4 needles and 4 syringes, disinfectant swabs and cotton balls.

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JURNAL ANTIDADAH MALAYSIA
JURNAL ANTIDADAH MALAYSIA
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Dato’ Dr. Faisal Hj. Ibrahim, m/s 29-58
Numbers of Needles and Syringes Provided and Returned
Approximately 83,830 NSEP kits (670,640 needles and syringes) have
been supplied since the program began (Table 1). The return rate of used
injecting equipment returned by clients for disposal has been 58% of the
quantity of needles and syringes distributed since the start of the program.
Overall, since the beginning of the program the return rate has gradually
improved (Figure 2). More than 4,500 used items have been collected by
the staff from the ground, giving a slightly higher overall return rate of
60%, and particularly raising ACC’s return rate to 43% through collection
of nearly 3,700 items. Many things influence return rates, including client
trust, understanding of the need to return items and mobility,
relationship with port doctors, and especially police activities.
Table 1 : Provision of Sterile Needles and Syringes, and Disposal of
Used Needles and Syringes
Figure 2 : Return Rates of Used for New Injecting Equipment
at Each Site by Month
Number of
kits’ given
to clients
Number
of extra
needles
Number of used
needles retur-
ned for disposal
Number of used
syringes retur-
ned for disposal
% Return rate
(items returned /
items given out)
Site
ACC, PP