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Resource assists employers considering a workplace naloxone effort
A fact sheet from an institute within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outlines issues that employers can consider when deciding whether to implement an opioid overdose prevention program in their workplaces.
With Bureau of Labor Statistics data showing increases of at least 38% a year in workplace deaths from non-medical use of drugs and alcohol from 2013-2016, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has released Using Naloxone to Reverse Opioid Overdose in the Workplace: Information for Employers and Workers. The fact sheet offers information about opioids and naloxone, and discusses the resources needed to implement and maintain a workplace overdose prevention program.
“With overdose events increasing in the workplace, having naloxone available can provide a tool that workplaces can use, along with first aid measures to support breathing, to provide aid in the event of an opioid overdose while waiting on first responders to arrive on the scene,” said institute director John Howard, MD.
