Opioid Overdose Response and Prevention Tools
Due to the rise of opioid overdoses, it is vital to implement a plan to manage these circumstances. Strategies to prepare staff response, prevent overdose and attend to an overdose patient can be viewed below.
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CDC Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit
Compiled by the CDC, this toolkit is meant to provide information to healthcare providers, community members, patients and family who deal with the use of opioid prescriptions.
This toolkit contains:
- Facts for the community
- Essential steps for first responders
- Information for prescribers
- Safety recommendations for patients and their family members
- Information about recovering from and preventing opioid overdose
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Worksheet for Developing an Overdose Response Plan
This worksheet is a component of the Guide to Developing and Managing Overdose Prevention and Take-Home Naloxone Projects, produced by Harm Reduction Coalition. This resource provides key elements to consider when developing an overdose response plan for your facility. These considerations include prior opioid overdose events, heightened risk locations within the building, offsite encounters and staff emergency response training.
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How to Assemble a Naloxone Kit and Prepare Educational Materials
This worksheet is a component of the Guide to Developing and Managing Overdose Prevention and Take-Home Naloxone Projects, produced by Harm Reduction Coalition. This resource provides guidelines for assembling a proper naloxone take home kit and describes the appropriate educational and instructional materials to include for the recipient.
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How to Implement Low Cost Opioid Overdose Prevention Strategies Worksheet
This worksheet is a component of the Guide to Developing and Managing Overdose Prevention and Take-Home Naloxone Projects, produced by Harm Reduction Coalition. It includes important ways your team can integrate overdose prevention into your current work routine at little to no cost to your program.
Although all of these suggestions may not be relevant to your unique program structure, they are a great starting point to begin brainstorming ways that overdose prevention can fit into your facility’s program.
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Opioid Overdose Prevention Tips Worksheet
This worksheet is a component of the Guide to Developing and Managing Overdose Prevention and Take-Home Naloxone Projects, produced by Harm Reduction Coalition. In this resource, you will find helpful overdose prevention tips and insights into the common risks for opioid overdose events. Remember: Not every prevention method is applicable or pragmatic for every situation. The advice in this worksheet is meant to be used as a guideline to customize prevention methods specific to your needs.
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Article: Continuous Monitoring of Patient Vital Signs to Reduce Failure-to-Rescue Events
Johns-Hopkins Hospital describes their organization's successful continuous patient monitoring project. The organization’s philosophy was that no patient should suffer a failure-to-rescue event and they set out to implement processes to achieve that goal. This article describes how they used technology to improve patient outcomes and failure-to-rescue events related to over-sedation.
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CDC: Opioid Overdose
The CDC provides resources on opioid overdose facts and prevention strategies along with resources to raise awareness.
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CMS Opioid Misuse Strategy 2016
Resources are provided to assist healthcare practitioners, families and patients understand the potential misuses of opioids and techniques to limit misuse.