If you work in drug services the chances are there's an A4 poster up somewhere telling you what do do if you, as a worker, are accidentally spiked with a used needle. You may even have read it once or twice, but now its going brown at the edges and no one really notices it. But how often do we talk about this with injectors, after all they're at a far greater risk of getting spiked than we are.

Recently I've been reading and listening to some interesting talks on the advice that we give alongside syringe delivery. I think that in many Needle Programmes (NSP) workers are overly focused on the equipment an injector chooses to use rather than on the process of injecting.

The UK in currently in the grip of unusually cold weather. In this article I'm going to look at both the steps services can take to support people during the current cold snap and hopefully some advice for people who are forced to spend time outside in the snow. Plus how this will improve the relationship with visitors and give staff another great set of engagement tools .

This is the third of the articles on 'sharing issues' and this time I'm going to be looking at accidental sharing risks. Those times when in all the confusion of the moment people aren't quite sure if the needle they intend to use is their own or not.