Category: Opiate overdose prevention

The Emergency Department and Overdose Prevention

August 25, 2015 at 10:07 am

Boston Medical Center Responds to Opioid Overdose Epidemic and Public Health Emergency The Boston Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) programs began in 2006 when the Public Health Commission (BPHC), passed a regulation that authorized intranasal naloxone distribution by trained, nonmedical public health workers and EMS personnel under a standing order from Dr. Peter […]

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Naloxone Distribution in the Emergency Room

May 2, 2014 at 10:19 am

In the past couple of years, we have been working on ways to increase Naloxone distribution in the emergency department – a seemingly perfect match of public health and best clinical care. Project ASSERT is able to distribute rescue kits to patients who are at risk for overdose as well as parts of their social […]

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