This technical protocol outlines the key steps and considerations to be taken when deciding whether and how to set up a survey for monitoring DRID, related risk factors and preventive interventions among people who inject drugs (PWID).

Table of contents: 

• Legal notice; Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Steps in planning and implementing a survey
• Conducting the study – from defining the study population to reporting the results
• Sampling, recruitment and study sites
• Specimen collection and testing
• Data collection, management and analysis
• Ethical considerations and data protection
• Logistical aspects
• Reporting of results, plans for dissemination
• References
• Annexes

Additional downloads:

• Best practice examples of surveys for monitoring drug-related infectious diseases in the EU/EEA: a supplement to the DRID technical protocol with practical examples of the various survey steps.
• DRID example questionnaire – long version
• DRID example questionnaire – short version