Emergency Department Safety NET: Naloxone Education Toolkit-Emergency Department Safety NET: Naloxone Education Toolkit

Emergency Department Safety NET: Naloxone Education Toolkit

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The toolkit provides guidance for emergency department staff on implementing naloxone education and distribution programs to prevent opioid overdoses. It outlines steps, identifies stakeholders, and provides details on developing a purpose for naloxone distribution, inclusion criteria for patients, location of kits, ordering, budget, staff and patient education resources, and program evaluation and dissemination. Overall, it emphasizes the importance of naloxone distribution and overdose prevention in addressing the opioid epidemic.

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Meta Tag

naloxone opioid

naloxone overdose

naloxone drug

naloxone safety

naloxone injury prevention

Keywords

emergency department

naloxone education

naloxone distribution

opioid overdoses

program implementation

kit location

ordering process

budgeting

program evaluation

opioid epidemic