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Peer Based Harm Reduction WA is a not-for-profit, community-based harm reduction organisation

13/11/2025

There are only 3 days left to take advantage of the free filtering products available during our PARTICLE PALOOZA! filtering festival. In our previous post, we talked about the bacterial filtering properties of blue wheel filters.

Sterifilt PLUS works in a similar way to a regular Sterifilt but has the filtering power of a blue wheel filter. Sterifilt PLUS will filter out most common bacteria, fungi, and particles bigger than 0.2 microns in one quick, easy step. It is compatible for use with BD 1ml and 0.5ml syringes, and all slip-tip barrel sizes.

If you haven’t tried Sterifilt PLUS, drop in to PBHR WA before the 16th of November to see what all the fuss is about. Thank you to Apothicom for supporting PARTICLE PALOOZA!

11/11/2025

If you're at APSAD 2025 in Sydney this week, stop by poster #14. Find out about PBHR WA's Naloxone Peer Education project and drop us a vote. 👍

10/11/2025

In our last post, we talked about preparing crushed pills for injection using a 0.45-micron yellow wheel filter – but how is a blue wheel filter different to a yellow wheel filter? It’s simple. A yellow wheel is a particle filter, and a blue wheel is a bacterial filter.

Blue wheel filters will remove particles as small as 0.2 microns, which means they can filter out things like bacteria and fungal spores from your mix. If what you are injecting is not sterile (or if it may have been in someone’s mouth) you can use a blue wheel filter to get rid of any bugs.

No filtering method will remove viruses, like hep C or HIV, from your mix, so be blood aware, no matter which filter you use.

Blue wheels remove any particles bigger than 0.2 micron, but they are not recommended for use with mixes that are thick or gluggy. A chunky mix can cause a blue wheel filter to become blocked. You can avoid this by pushing the solution through a yellow wheel before filtering with a blue one- (you can even “stack” the two filters by screwing them together if you wish). Just remember to push the mix through slowly.

Free blue wheel filters are available throughout our PARTICLE PALOOZA! filtering festival. Drop in to PBHR WA before the 16th of November and remember to pick up a QR code flyer with links to some great online resources, including our How to Use a Wheel Filter brochure.

06/11/2025

If you are preparing crushed pills for injection, using a yellow 0.45-micron wheel filter is an important step that can help to reduce the risk of harm. Yellow wheel filters remove excipient particles, which are the non-drug components that hold pills together and give them their shape – this “pill-base” is made of ingredients like talc, cellulose, and other fillers that are not water-soluble.

Pills are designed to be swallowed. Their excipient particles are not safe to be injected because they can cause deep vein thrombosis and they accumulate to clog blood vessels and block the smaller veins in your body, which can damage your lungs and other organs. Don’t be fooled if the particles seem to dissolve in hot water or when heat is applied. Heat can melt or temporarily liquefy waxy and oily excipients that are solid at room temperature, giving the illusion that they are fully dissolved. Once this hot solution is drawn up into a syringe and injected into your body it will cool, and the particles will solidify again in your bloodstream.

The good news is that you don’t need to use heat when you mix up pills –cold water extraction and a yellow wheel filter will do the trick! A yellow wheel won’t filter out water-soluble drugs, but it will easily remove the majority of excipient particles, dramatically clarifying your mix.

If you need to see it to believe it, that’s okay. Drop in to one of our fixed-site needle and syringe exchange sites any time and ask for a wheel filter demonstration. Our friendly team love playing with the equipment and they’ll be happy to show you how it works.

If you’d like to try filtering your mix, don’t miss this opportunity to pick up some free wheel filters during our PARTICLE PALOOZA! filtering festival.

04/11/2025

We are absolutely thrilled and bursting with pride that two of our team members have won AIVL Network Awards at the recent AIVL Peer Workforce and Harm Reduction Summit in Perth!

Huge congratulations to:
Shae Roberts — Winner of the Peer Worker of the Year award!
Paul Dessauer — Winner of the Jenny Kelsall Lifetime Achievement Award!

Their dedication, expertise, and experience are invaluable to our organisation and the wider community. We couldn't be prouder to have them on the PBHR WA team!

Check out the original post below from AIVL to see all the deserving winners celebrated at the awards ceremony 👇

02/11/2025

The line-up you’ve been waiting for is here! Check out PARTICLE PALOOZA! from the 3rd to the 16th of November at PBHR WA – a 2-week filtering festival.

Discover why filtering is essential for reducing the risk of vein damage and injection-related infections. Over the next 2 weeks, you can experience Steri-5, Sterifilt, and Sterifilt Plus, our headlining filtering options from Apothicom, for free. We’ve also got plenty of blue and yellow wheel filters for everyone.

If you’ve never used these filtering products before, we’ve got you covered. The PBHR WA team will be on hand to provide free equipment, demonstrations, and all the information you need.

PARTICLE PALOOZA! runs until the 16th of November. To get involved, just access our fixed-site Needle and Syringe Exchange programs in Perth or Bunbury, call us for an Outreach delivery in the greater Perth Metro Area or the South West Region, or you can organise a postal order (with free standard postage anywhere in Western Australia) by contacting our Perth office on 9325 8387.

30/10/2025

Tomorrow is International Drug Users' Day, and we're celebrating a community built on people standing up for each other. Every individual story helps us see the bigger picture of our shared humanity, and when we support the well-being of every person, we make our whole community stronger.

We stand for autonomy, trusting and supporting people to make their own choices. We continue to lay the foundation for equity, striving for a world where everyone can access the care and respect they need. And at the heart of it all is community, a place where we uplift, and stand by each other, building a more compassionate and inclusive world for everyone.

PBHR WA are proud to be a part of the Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL) network of member organisations. This week, it has been our privilege to welcome our sibling organisations and our comrades from all around Australia to Western Australia, for the AIVL Peer Workforce and Harm Reduction Summit. Our hearts are full.

Let's continue to grow a world that cares and stands up for every one of us.

19/10/2025

Only five days to go!
If you are someone who uses our services and you haven’t participated yet, drop in to PBHR WA in Perth or Bunbury before the 24th of October to take part in the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey (also known as the “Finger Prick Survey”).

Our friendly team will be on hand to assist you through the process. At PBHR WA, the Finger Prick Survey is one of our favourite times of the year because it gives us a chance to get to know our community a little better and have a bit of fun. As a thank you for helping the community by participating in the survey, you’ll receive ten dollars cash and a chocolate or two!

The survey is anonymised, so you won’t find out your test result. If you would like to find out your hep C status with a free finger prick test, just ask a member of staff while you’re here. It takes less than ten minutes to get tested, and we can tell you the result in as little as an hour.

The Finger Prick Survey must finish on Friday. Don’t miss out!

15/10/2025

The 16th of October is Global Peer Support Celebration Day, a time to celebrate peer workers around the world.

As harm reduction peer workers with lived and living experience of using drugs, we know firsthand the power of connection. Peer workers use our experiences not just to connect with people, but to offer a different kind of support—one that is non-judgmental and that truly honours a person's autonomy. The type of work we do is diverse, but we are all here to meet people where they are, without an agenda.

We want to give a massive shout-out to all the lived and living experience peer workers everywhere. Thank you for showing up, for leading with your hearts, and for building a more compassionate world one connection at a time.

12/10/2025

Hands up for the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey (known by many as the “Finger Prick Survey”)! Every October, around 2,500 consumers from NSPs around the country complete a 40-question survey and provide a capillary (or “finger prick”) blood sample which is subsequently tested for HIV and hepatitis C.

The results can’t be used to identify anyone, but they are used to estimate the prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs. This research is essential for planning, implementing, and evaluating blood borne virus prevention programs, (including ours!). As a thank you for your valuable contribution, if you participate in the survey, you’ll receive ten dollars cash and a lovely chocolate or two.

Because the survey results and blood sample are anonymised to keep you confidential, you won’t be told the result. If you would like to find out your hep C status on the day, just ask. Our friendly staff can offer point-of-care hep C testing to everyone. It just takes 15 minutes and a finger prick of blood, and then we can call you with the result the same day.

If you are someone who uses our service, drop in to PBHR WA in Perth or Bunbury from the 13th to the 24th of October and help us to make things better for our community.

09/10/2025

Look after your health and find out your hep C status with just one finger prick. It’s free, you don’t need an appointment, and you’ll get your result the same day.

Drop in to PBHR WA in Perth or Bunbury, or where ever you see one of our Outreach Health Clinics, for testing and get yourself up to date. We offer STI testing and hep C testing, which can be done with a simple finger prick. It’s confidential and it’s free.

While you’re here, talk to us about why there’s never been a better time to clear hep C with treatment. If you need treatment, when you are ready, we can help with that too. Our Health team can support you from start to finish and you can do it all under one roof.

What can you do in fifteen minutes? Get tested for hep C!

04/10/2025

It’s WA Mental Health Week and, this year, we are highlighting the Mental Health Commission of Western Australia’s Parent and Family Drug Support Line. The Parent and Family Drug Support Line is a confidential, non-judgmental telephone counselling, information, and referral service for anyone concerned about someone else's alcohol and/or other drug use. Concerns could be related to a child (of any age), a partner, parent, or anyone that you support.

When using this service, you can connect with either a qualified counsellor or a trained volunteer. All volunteers are trained to share valuable insights based on their own experiences in supporting a significant other.

Day or night, the support line is there for you. You can access one-on-one phone line support with a qualified counsellor 24/7 or talk to a trained volunteer between 8am and 10pm daily.

In the Metro area, phone 9442 5050. Country callers can phone 1800 653 203. You can find more information here:

https://admhss.mhc.wa.gov.au//get-help/parent-and-family-drug-support-line

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22/7 Aberdeen Street
Perth, WA

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Monday	10am - 5pm
Tuesday	10am - 5pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 5pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	1pm - 4pm
Sunday	1pm - 4pm

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http://harmreductionwa.org/

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