The emergency department (ED) has long been recognized as providing critical access to
the health care system for many, yet only in the past few decades has the ED visit been …

Over the past 25 years, naloxone has emerged as a critical lifesaving overdose antidote.
Public health advocates and community activists established early methods for naloxone …

Background US opioid overdose deaths have increased five-fold since 1999. In 2014, two
Rhode Island emergency departments (EDs) began providing take-home naloxone and …

Objective Rising rates of opioid overdose deaths require innovative programs to prevent and
reduce opioid‐related morbidity and mortality. This study evaluates adoption, utilization, and …

Methods We conducted a systematic review of all existing literature related to naloxone
distribution from the ED. We included only those articles published in peer-reviewed …

Background The increase in opioid overdose deaths has become a national public health
crisis. Naloxone is an important tool in opioid overdose prevention. Distribution of nasal …

Study objective Although the World Health Organization recommends take-home naloxone
to address the increasing global burden of opioid-related deaths, few emergency …

Background People with opioid use disorders are at higher risk of fatal opioid overdose and
attend emergency departments (ED) more frequently compared to the general population …

Background: Harm reduction includes treatment and prevention approaches rather than
abstinence, as a public health strategy for mitigating the opioid epidemic. Harm reduction is …

Over 2 million Americans misuse prescription or illicitly obtained opioids, and opioid
overdose deaths rose to a record 47,600 in 2017, representing a nearly 600% increase in …