Merchants Quay Ireland - Homeless & Addiction Services

A MSIF is a hygienic, safe, medically supervised healthcare environment where people can inject drugs, obtained elsewhere, under the supervision of trained health professionals.

It offers a compassionate, person-centred service which reduces harms associated with injecting drug use and can help people access appropriate services.

A MSIF is a vital first step in reducing harm and can help health service staff to reach and support vulnerable and marginalised people, who often do not, cannot, or no longer engage with existing health services.

A MSIF aims to reduce drug-related overdose deaths, reduce the risks of blood-borne virus transmission, (e.g. HIV or Hepatitis C) through shared injecting equipment, reduce public health risks such as drug-related litter that could result in needle-stick injuries, and connect the most vulnerable and marginalised people who use drugs with treatment services and other health and social services.

When clients arrive into the MSIF, they check in at reception.

In the medically supervised injecting space itself, there is a nursing station, where our medical team can observe clients for any sign of overdose. You can also see some of the life saving equipment on the trolley, including oxygen, naloxone, and a defibrillator.

Each injecting booth has a mirror, chair and a stainless steel counter surface with a hole for the safe placement of injecting equipment after use.