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Health Department to pilot rapid response team, expands disposal options to address discarded syringes
Summary
San Francisco's Department of Public Health said it will hire a temporary three-person rapid response team to pick up discarded syringes and expand community disposal options, using 311 data and community input to site outdoor boxes and working with pharmacies and clinics to accept returns.
The San Francisco Department of Public Health told the Health Commission that it will hire a temporary three-person rapid response team to respond in real time to reports of discarded syringes and to provide outreach and referrals to people who use injection drugs.
Eileen Loughran, a community liaison in the department's Community Health Equity and Promotion branch, said the department uses 311 complaint data and community assessments to place outdoor disposal boxes, most of which are concentrated in the Tenderloin. She described a flyer and map distributed to commissioners that lists outdoor boxes and the…
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