title: Draft evaluation suggests pilot safer  tattooing program had potential to  reduce disease transmission.
abstract: As reported in the last issue of the Review, effective 30 September 2006 the Canadian federal government terminated the pilot safer tattooing initiative which had been operating in six prisons.1 A draft of the evaluation report, obtained under access to information laws, detailed positive outcomes, constraints and enhancements to address implementation issues and cost-effectiveness of the initiative.
authors: Glenn
authors: G
authors: Betteridge
mesh_terms: D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013653:Tattooing / Q000009:adverse effects*