I don't really know what to think of it.
To be honest, in one way it is a good way as some self harmers use dirty blades and don't keep their cuts clean. So by providing clean blades for them to use, its decreasing the chance of infection from the blade. It would just have to the looking after the cut that would need to be dealt with, and I know myself, I'm not one for looking after my cuts when I'm mean to.
But, in another way,its bad. Okay, it may not be encouraging self harm, but the self harmer may decide that because they have a clean blade they think it would be safe to cut deeper as there's less chance of an infection occurring. Well, that's what I would think if I was handed a clean sterile blade.
I guese, in a way, I feel like its promoting self harm. Just handing out blades to self harmers just might push it slightly and could end up with more harmers in hospital than they wish for. The nurses may think it will be helping the self harmer, but I think its just going to promote it slightly, convincing the self harmer that it's okay to self harm with the blades they are giving them.
I don't know if that makes any sense. And I do hope I didn't offend anyone.
Nic
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