Needle Drop Box Data by Month
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<span style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>Needle Drop Box</span><br /><br /><span style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>The Community Needle Retrieval Program manages an inventory of approximately 80 needle drop boxes that are located throughout Ottawa and are publicly accessible 24/7. The weight retrieved at a needle drop box is reported each time that it is serviced, and data is aggregated monthly.</span><br /><br /><span style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>Needle drop box reporting was modernized in 2022 to enable reporting via webform.</span><br /><br /><span style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>The location of needle drop boxes in Ottawa may be found </span><a href='https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1rXD1SJw-q0nFYp_-_rlgdo-iBrhZLug&femb=1&ll=45.33216247115503%2C-75.7086722&z=10' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>here</a><span style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>.</span><br /><br /><span style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>Residents, businesses and some City personnel use needle drop boxes to dispose of drug use equipment, therefore, there could be overlap between the needles reported through these streams.</span><br /><br /><strong>Accuracy</strong><span style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'>: Needle drop box data is recorded by weight (kg) and converted to an estimated number of needles using a calculation based on average needle weight. The estimate does not account for the following: </span><div style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><ul><li>Other drug use equipment such as glass pipes, needle caps, tourniquets, cookers, containers used to collect needles such as pop bottles and plastic jars, etc.</li><li>Medical sharps which differ in mass to the average needle weight such as epi pens, lancets, and other home health care medical supplies.</li><li>Misplaced waste unrelated to substance use and medical sharps.</li></ul>Needle drop box data relies on the reporting of third-party service contractors. Due to lapses in reporting, the following months are not contained within the dataset: July 2022, December 2023, January 2024.<br /><br /><strong>Update Frequency</strong>: Quarterly<br /><br /><strong>Attributes</strong>:</div><div style='font-family:"Avenir Next W01", "Avenir Next W00", "Avenir Next", Avenir, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><ul><li>Source</li><li>Year Month</li><li>Total Weight (Kg)</li><li>Estimated Needles based on Weight </li></ul><strong>Contact</strong>: <a href='mailto:cameron.tulloch@ottawa.ca' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Community Needle Retrieval Program, Ottawa Public Health</a></div>
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