St. James Infirmary provides compassionate and non-judgmental healthcare and social services for all sex workers while preventing occupational illnesses and injuries through a comprehensive continuum of services.

San Francisco Needle Exchange Locations

The agencies listed below are the main providers of clean syringes and injection equipment in San Francisco. They also provide collection services of used syringes.  All services are free.  As well, many pharmacies in San Francisco will collect used syringes for no cost. We also have a Bay Area Wide Syringe Distribution List.

API Wellness Center- TransTHRIVE (API), 730 Polk Street, 415-292-3420
Homeless Youth Alliance (HYA), 584 Cole St.
Mission Neighborhood Resource Center (MNRC), 165 Capp Street, 415-869-7977
San Francisco HIV Prevention Project (HPP), 117 Sixth Street, near Mission, 415-241-5100
St. James Infirmary (SJI), 1372 Mission Street @10th St.
Tenderloin Health (TH), 187 Golden Gate Ave @ Leavenworth, 415-437-2900

Monday:
1pm – 3pm: 4720 3rd Street, between Newcomb and Oakdale (HPP)
5pm-7pm: 584 Cole Street (HYA)
7pm – 9pm: Ivy Street, between Polk & Van Ness/Grove and Hayes, next to Tom Waddell Clinic. (HPP)

Tuesday:
9:30am-5:30pm:  730 Polk Street (API)
10am – 12 noon: 117 Sixth Street, near Mission (HPP)
3pm-6pm:  1372 Mission St (SJI)
5pm-7pm: 584 Cole Street (HYA)
6pm – 8pm: Duboce, between Church and Market (HPP)

Wednesday:
5pm-7pm: 584 Cole Street (HYA)
6pm – 8pm: 427 South Van Ness, between 15th and 16th(HPP)
6pm – 8pm: 187 Golden Gate Ave @Leavenworth (TH)

Thursday:
5pm-7pm: 584 Cole Street (HYA)
6pm-8pm: 165 Capp Street (MNRC)
7pm – 9pm: Hemlock Alley, between Post and Sutter/Polk and Van Ness. (HPP)

Friday:
12 noon – 2pm: 117 Sixth Street, near Mission. (HPP)
5pm-7pm: 584 Cole Street (HYA)
6pm – 8pm: 234 Eddy Street, between Jones and Taylor (HPP)

Saturday:
3pm – 11pm: 117 Sixth Street, near Mission. (HPP)

Sunday:
2pm – 4pm: 187 Golden Gate Ave @Leavenworth (TH)

August 29th 2010
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Eagle Beer Bust Benefits St. James Infirmary: Double Your Pleasure, Double Our Funds!

We are super excited to announce that this coming Sunday September 5th, (Labor Day Weekend!!), the Eagle Tavern will be hosting the St. James Infirmary for a wet and wild Beer Bust.  This means you buy a cup for $10 and get to drink as much beer ...
August 27th 2010
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Double Your Pleasure Double Our Funds! Beer Bust & Raffle…

We have a really fun events coming up SATURDAY AUGUST 28. If you are in SF, PLEASE come to this event and bring your friends!!! What's really great, is that not only are the beer busts a LOT of fun, 
but they ALL fall under St. James Infirmary's "MATCHING YOUR ...
August 19th 2010
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Nothing About Us Without Us: The Shared Goals of the Harm Reduction and Sex Worker Rights Movements

The above video and supplementary documents are designed to spark discussion and create inspiration for looking at the ways that peer-led groups providing support and services to sex workers in their communities can collaborate with harm reduction agencies. The materials were developed by a group of ...
August 2nd 2010
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Matching Your Devotion

On Monday, August 2nd, 2010, the St. James Infirmary is kicking off our Matching Your Devotion campaign and we want you to be a part of it!   We have received an extremely generous $10,000 matching grant; we have 2 months to match it and raise a whole lot more. Since ...
July 16th 2010
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St. James Infirmary publishes the 3rd Edition of our Sex Worker Occupational Health & Safety Handbook

The St. James Infirmary "Occupational Health and Safety Handbook, 3rd edition" is hot off the presses and better than ever! The first half of the book is devoted to harm reduction, health, safety and legal rights, and the second half has information for 720 local, national ...

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