Naloxone Kits and the Workplace
Interesting story from the CBC about the City of Edmonton's naloxone policy . (Full disclosure: The reporter reached out to me to see if I had experience with naloxone policies. I don't, and I declined the media request. But in declining, I did note that it made perfect sense to me that employers who maintain naloxone kits would need policies as to who could administer them.) Naloxone can save lives of people having overdoses, buying time for medical assistance. Naloxone kits are distributed to the public for free. There's no necessary training. No qualification required. By all accounts I've seen, naloxone is safe. Increasingly, businesses are being encouraged to maintain naloxone kits - particularly in high-risk areas like (in Edmonton) downtown or the Whyte Ave area. But everywhere you see discussions of employers maintaining these kits, you're likely to also see recommendations for training, PPE, and related matters, as a precondition to using the kit. The coro...