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Program: Safe Needle Disposal

Agency: Interior Health Authority


Resource Number: 17648584
Description
Provides needle disposal information, resources and awareness for the Interior Health region. Sealed containers can be dropped off at all Interior Health mental health and substance use locations, primary care and public health offices.


Website: www.interiorhealth.ca/health-and-wellness/mental-health-and-substance-use/toxic-drug-crisis/harm-reduction#how-we-support-safe-needle-disposal

Program Information
 
Mailing Address: 505 Doyle Avenue, Kelowna, BC V1Y 0C5
Service Area:
Defined coverage area:
BC-Cariboo Region-100 Mile House
BC-Cariboo Region-Williams Lake
BC-Central Kootenay Region-Castlegar
BC-Central Kootenay Region-Kaslo
BC-Central Kootenay Region-Nakusp
BC-Central Kootenay Region-Nelson
BC-Central Kootenay Region-Salmo
BC-Central Okanagan Region-Kelowna
BC-Central Okanagan Region-West Kelowna
BC-Columbia-Shuswap Region-Golden
BC-Columbia-Shuswap Region-Revelstoke
BC-Columbia-Shuswap Region-Salmon Arm
BC-East Kootenay Region-Cranbrook
BC-East Kootenay Region-Elkford
BC-East Kootenay Region-Fernie
BC-East Kootenay Region-Invermere
BC-East Kootenay Region-Kimberley
BC-East Kootenay Region-Sparwood
BC-Kootenay Boundary Region-Grand Forks
BC-Kootenay Boundary Region-Trail
BC-North Okanagan Region-Armstrong
BC-North Okanagan Region-Vernon
BC-Okanagan-Similkameen Region-Oliver
BC-Okanagan-Similkameen Region-Penticton
BC-Okanagan-Similkameen Region-Princeton
BC-Squamish-Lillooet Region-Lillooet
BC-Thompson-Nicola Region-Chase
BC-Thompson-Nicola Region-Kamloops

Program Delivery
Languages: English
Application Process: See website for resources, list of locations and more information.
Service Area:
Defined coverage area:
BC-Cariboo Region-100 Mile House
BC-Cariboo Region-Williams Lake
BC-Central Kootenay Region-Castlegar
BC-Central Kootenay Region-Kaslo
BC-Central Kootenay Region-Nakusp
BC-Central Kootenay Region-Nelson
BC-Central Kootenay Region-Salmo
BC-Central Okanagan Region-Kelowna
BC-Central Okanagan Region-West Kelowna
BC-Columbia-Shuswap Region-Golden
BC-Columbia-Shuswap Region-Revelstoke
BC-Columbia-Shuswap Region-Salmon Arm
BC-East Kootenay Region-Cranbrook
BC-East Kootenay Region-Elkford
BC-East Kootenay Region-Fernie
BC-East Kootenay Region-Invermere
BC-East Kootenay Region-Kimberley
BC-East Kootenay Region-Sparwood
BC-Kootenay Boundary Region-Grand Forks
BC-Kootenay Boundary Region-Trail
BC-North Okanagan Region-Armstrong
BC-North Okanagan Region-Vernon
BC-Okanagan-Similkameen Region-Oliver
BC-Okanagan-Similkameen Region-Penticton
BC-Okanagan-Similkameen Region-Princeton
BC-Squamish-Lillooet Region-Lillooet
BC-Thompson-Nicola Region-Chase
BC-Thompson-Nicola Region-Kamloops


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Agency Background

Programs at Interior Health Authority

100 Mile District General Hospital
Acquired Brain Injury Services
Acute Inpatient Psychiatry Services
Adolescent Psychiatry Unit
Adult Abuse and Neglect - Kootenay
Adult Abuse and Neglect - Okanagan
Adult Abuse and Neglect - Thompson Cariboo
Adult Day Program
Adult Tertiary Rehabilitation
Angiography
Arrow Lakes Hospital
Arthritis Rehabilitation
Ashcroft Urgent and Primary Care Centre
Assertive Community Treatment
Assisted Living
Asthma Education Program
Baby Talk
Baby's Best Chance Handbook
BC Early Hearing Program
Bone Densitometry
Boundary District Hospital
Breast Milk Donation
Breastfeeding Clinics and Support
Breathe Well Program
Cardiac Device Clinic
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Caregiver Support
Cariboo Memorial Hospital
Case Management - Home and Community Care
Castlegar Urgent and Primary Care Centre
Cedar Sage Health and Wellness Centre
Child Health Passport
Choice in Supports for Independent Living
Clubhouse Mental Health Rehabilitation Program
Community Care Clinic
Community Care Facilities Licensing
Community Dialysis
Community Nursing Services
Community Rehabilitation
Community Respiratory Therapy
Computed Tomography
Convalescent Care
Counselling and Treatment Services
COVID-19 Vaccination and Immunization
Cranbrook Urgent and Primary Care Centre
Creston Valley Hospital and Health Centre
Dental Health Services
Developmental Disabilities Mental Health Services
Diabetes Education
Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital
Drug Checking
Early Psychosis Intervention
East Kootenay Regional Hospital
Eating Disorders Treatment Services
Electrocardiogram
Elk Valley Hospital
Emergency Health Services
Endoscopy
Enterostomal Therapy
Environmental Health
Environmental Health - Drinking Water
Environmental Health - Food Safety
Facility-Based Withdrawal Management Services
Fluoroscopy
Geriatric Medicine
Geriatric Psychiatry Program
Golden and District Hospital
Harm Reduction Supplies and Services
Health Outreach Nurse
Health Outreach Nurse - Kootenays
Health Outreach Nurse - Okanagan
Health Outreach Nurse - Thompson Cariboo
Health Services for Community Living
Healthy From The Start
Hearing Clinics
Heart Function Clinic
Heart Health - Labs and Testing
Holter Monitoring
Home and Community Care Access
Home Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis
Home Oxygen Program
Home Support Services
Immunization and Vaccines
In-Centre Hemodialysis
Indigenous Patient Navigator
Infant, Child and Youth Health
Integrated Crisis Response Team
Integrated Treatment Teams for Substance Use
Intensive Care Unit
Intensive Case Management - Mental Health
Interior Health Children's Assessment Network
Invermere and District Hospital
Kamloops Urgent Primary Care and Learning Centre
Kelowna General Hospital
Kelowna Urgent and Primary Care Centre
Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital
Kootenay Lake Hospital
Laboratory Services
Lifeline - Emergency Response Program
Lillooet Hospital and Health Centre
Long-Term Care
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Mammography Services
Maternity Services
May Bennett Meal Service
Mental Health and Substance Use Services
Mental Health and Substance Use Support Line
Mental Health Crisis Response
Mental Health Group Counselling and Education
MyHealthPortal
Needle Distribution
Neurological Rehabilitation
Neuropsychiatry
Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre
Nuclear Medicine
Nursing Support Services - Children
Nutrition and Dietitian Services
Older Adult Long-Term Tertiary Rehabilitation
On Demand HIV Testing
Ophthalmology
Opioid Agonist Treatment
Orthotic Services
Overdose Prevention and Response - Interior Health
Overdose Prevention Sites
Palliative Care
Parkview Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre
Patient and Family Counselling
Patient Care Quality Office
Pediatric Asthma Services
Pediatric Inpatient Psychiatry
Pediatrics
Penticton Regional Hospital
Penticton Urgent and Primary Care Centre
Perinatal Counselling Services
Physiotherapy Services
Postpartum Care
Pregnancy Information and Resources
Prenatal Services
Primary Health Care
Princeton General Hospital
Psychiatric Intensive Care
Psychiatry Services
Public Health Services
Pulmonary Diagnostics
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Queen Victoria Hospital
Rae Fawcett Breast Health Clinic
Respiratory Therapy
Respite Services
Royal Inland Hospital
Rutland Urgent and Primary Care Centre
Safe Babies Program
Seniors Mental Health and Substance Use Services
Shapedown BC - Healthy Weights Program
Shuswap Lake General Hospital
Sleep Disorders Services
South Okanagan General Hospital
Speech-Language Pathology - Adult
Speech-Language Pathology: Infant and Child
Spiritual Health Services
Stabilization Units
Substance Use Counselling and Treatment
Substance Use Day Treatment
Surgical Optimization Clinic
Surgical Services
Swallowing Intervention Services
TIA Rapid Access Clinic
Tobacco and Vapour Control
Toddler's First Steps Guide
Transplant and Kidney Care Clinics
Treatment, Support and Recovery Services
Tuberculosis Testing
Ultrasound
Vernon Jubilee Hospital
Vernon Urgent and Primary Care Centre
Water Quality Program
West Kelowna Urgent and Primary Care Centre
West Nile Virus Information
Women's Services Clinic
X-Ray Services