The practice of unsafe injecting (such as sharing or reusing injecting equipment) increases the risk of transmitting a blood-borne virus (HIV/AIDS, Hep B and Hep C). People who inject, or who are injected by someone else with drugs, are especially at risk if sharing or re-using injecting equipment. Hep C is the most common of the possible infections among people who inject drugs, with an extremely high percentage of people who inject likely to be exposed to a new infection and at risk of chronic (long term) infection. Be blood aware and take care.

Safer using means understanding the risks associated with injecting drugs and making sure you protect yourself and others from these risks in any way you can.