Effectiveness of interventions for prevention of common infections in people who use opioids: a protocol for a systematic review of systematic reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The North American opioid crisis is driven by opioid-related mortality and morbidity, including opioid use-associated infections (OUAIs), resulting in a substantial burden for society. Users of legal and illegal opioids are at an increased risk of OUAIs compared to individuals not using opioids. As reported for hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), bacterial, fungal, and other infections, OUAIs transmission and acquisition risks may be modifiable. Several systematic reviews (SRs) synthetized data regarding interventions to prevent infections in persons using drugs (e.g., opioid substitution therapy, needle and syringes exchange programs, psycho-social interventions); however, their conclusions varied. Therefore, SR of published SRs is needed to syn

SUBMITTER: Kudrina I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8591821 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature