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Table 1 Syringe sales at pharmacies in two districts, St. Petersburg, Russia

From: Access to syringes for HIV prevention for injection drug users in St. Petersburg, Russia: syringe purchase test study

 

Petrogradskiy

Viborgskiy

P value*

  Number of Pharmacies

24

84

 

Refused to sell (total)

13 (54%)

25 (30%)

0.03

  Stocked but refused to sell

5 (21%)

14 (17%)

0.76

  Don’t stock at all

4 (17%)

7 (8%)

0.25

  Don’t stock right now

4 (17%)

4 (5%)

0.07

Sold 1 or 2 ml syringes (total)

11 (46%)

59 (70%)

0.03

  As singles

9 (38%)

40 (48%)

0.48

  As 10 packs only

2 (8%)

19 (23%)

0.15

Pharmacy type selling syringes

   

  Subsidized through   governmental program

0 of 1

7 of 8

0.22

  Chain

10 of 22

44 of 63

0.07

  Independent

1 of 1

8 of 13

1.00

  1. * P value obtained from Fisher’s Exact Test.