Seeing is believing: an educational outreach activity on disinfection practices

Sarah-Amelie Mercure¹^,2 , Isabelle Tetu²^,3 , Steeve Lamonde³ , Francoise Cote¹^,2 and Guides de rue working group³

¹Faculté des Sciences infirmières, Université Laval, Pavillon Agathe-Lacerte, Québec (Qc), Canada

²Programme interfacultaire en Santé Communautaire, Université Laval, Québec (Qc), Canada

³Point de Repères, 530 Saint-Joseph est, Québec (Qc), Canada

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Harm Reduction Journal 2008, 5:7doi:10.1186/1477-7517-5-7


Published:	12 February 2008

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Article en Français (article in French). Une version française de l'article a été préparée par les auteurs. Elle est disponible à partir du site Web du Harm Reduction Journal.

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Workshop 1 (photograph). A participant is demonstrating the way she uses bleach to clean a syringe and needle as she usually does when she does not have access to sterile material.

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Workshop 2, part 1 (photograph). A microscope was mounted on a TV-set so that participants could see microscopic objects sampled from the surroundings.

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Workshop 2, part 2 (photograph). A) A participant is taking a sample from her cubital fossa. B) Microbial growth from this sample.

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Workshop 3 (photograph). A) The set-up used to demonstrate hand washing techniques. B) A participant's hands under the UV-lamp. Some fluorescent powder remained after he washed his hand as can be seen on the tips of his fingers.

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