Opioid Safety
Health care organizations are facing many challenges related to the opioid epidemic. We offer resources to provide guidance and insight on prevention and treatment to reduce the risks surrounding opioids.
Health care organizations are facing many challenges related to the opioid epidemic. Resources on this page offer guidance and insight on prevention and treatment to reduce the risks surrounding opioids.
ECRI Institute PSO Deep Dive Report – Opioid Use in Acute Care
Report Documents
- Executive Brief-ECRI PSO Deep Dive-Opioid Use in Acute Care
- Opioid Use in Acute Care: Background, Methods, Results, and Organizational Strategies
- Opioid Use in Acute Care – Prescribing
- Self-Check Tool – Opioid Prescribing
- Opioid Use in Acute Care – Dispensing
- Self-Check Tool – Opioid Dispensing
- Opioid Use in Acute Care – Administration
- Self-Check Tool – Opioid Administration
- Opioid Use in Acute Care – Monitoring
- Self-Check Tool – Monitoring of Patients on Opioids
- Opioid Use in Acute Care – Drug Diversion
- Self-Check Tool – Drug Diversion Prevention-Detection-Response
- CHI Owners Get INsight into Opioid Safety
Resources
Publications & Resources
- NIATx Buprenorphine Implementation Toolkit
- SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) – Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit
- AHA Opioid Toolkit – Stem the Tide: Addressing the Opioid Epidemic
- California Department of Public Health – Resources for Opioid Prescribers
