The Pharmacy Needle and Syringe Program (PNSP)

The Queensland Needle and Syringe Program aims to reduce the incidence of blood borne viruses and injecting related injuries and disease. The program supplies sterile injecting equipment to injecting drug users with the aim of ensuring users do not re-use and share needles, thus decreasing injection-related harms and reducing the spread of blood borne viruses within the wider community, respectively.¹

Many people rely on needles, lancets or syringes to manage medical conditions and maintain their health. Pharmacy plays an important role in the community by providing safe methods of disposal and sterile injecting equipment for customers who use sharps.

The PNSP is funded via Queensland Health and administered by The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Queensland Branch.

¹ https://www.health.qld.gov.au/public-health/topics/atod/queensland-needle-syringe-program

^{The PNSP provides hypertext links to a number of other service providers and websites as a way to provide resources and information to both the public and participating PNSP pharmacies. This does not mean that 1) the PNSP endorses these service providers, and websites (and the material contained) in any way and 2) the PNSP cannot be held liable for the service(s) provided by these service providers or the accuracy of material contained in the websites.}