When providing comprehensive education about HIV transmission for an injection drug user (IDU), the most important information to include is:
a. How and where to acquire needles
b. Proper needle usage and possible injection sites
c. Spreading of the virus via homosexual activities
d. Using bleach between needle uses
D
IDUs represent the most rapidly growing source of new cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), and they are the greatest risk for spread of the virus in the heterosexual com-munity. Emphasis is being placed on reduction of the transmission of this disease through con-taminated needles. Nurses should provide education on cleaning needles with bleach between uses and on needle exchange programs to decrease the spread of the virus.
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