Viviane Garcia da Silva Alves, Maria Carliana Mota, Carla Pagliari
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS RELATED TO KNOWING THE BENEFITS OF BREASTFEEDING
Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao Paulo
veteran health administration prioritizes distribution naloxone veterans diagnosed opioid use disorder oud prevent deaths due opioidrelated overdose overdose education naloxone distribution oend program created tools supplement efforts identifying veterans risk opioidrelated adverse events secondary oud comorbidities increase access education distribution naloxone utilizing oend tool veteran health indiana vhi employed two different distribution initiatives increase access naloxone purpose study assess naloxone distribution efforts va medical center evaluate outcomes patients experienced opioid overdose events oend initiatives implemented primary outcome assess distribution naloxone within year prior documented overdose event oend initiatives secondary outcomes include assessment number naloxone doses administered overdose event substances involved overdose distribution outpatient naloxone prescriptions overdose event study retrospective electronic chart review patients experienced opioidrelated overdose event vhi march 1 2019 march 1 2022 59 opioidoverdose events analyzed percentage patients naloxone prescription within 12 months prior opioidoverdose event similar pre postoend initiatives within 12 months following overdose event naloxone dispensed nearly 10 patients postoend group compared preoend group oend initiatives increased naloxone distribution amongst patients ultimately experienced opioidrelated overdose additional research needed assess efforts prevented overdoses