Universal Precautions for People at Risk of Opioid Overdose in North America

JAMA Intern Med. 2023 May 1;183(5):401-402. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2023.0116.
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Plain language summary

This viewpoint discusses and suggests clinical interventions to be implemented by clinicians and health systems in North America to reduce opioid overdose deaths among at-risk patients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
  • Drug Overdose*
  • Humans
  • Naloxone / therapeutic use
  • North America
  • Opiate Overdose* / drug therapy
  • Opioid-Related Disorders* / drug therapy
  • Universal Precautions

Substances

  • Naloxone
  • Analgesics, Opioid