Multifaceted Opioid Safety Intervention (ED EMC2) (IMAGE)

Society for Academic Emergency Medicine

Multifaceted Opioid Safety Intervention (ED EMC2)

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Patients older than 17 years old discharged with new, self-administered hydromorphine-acetaminophen tablets. Excluded: non-English speaking, clinically unstable, psychologically impaired/intoxicated, chronic opioid use, unable to follow-up, pregnant. EMC2 intervention: 1) Provider alert for EP to counsel; 2) Inbox message to primary care provider; 3) Request to dispensing pharmacist to counsel; 4) Plain language MedSheet to patient; 5) Take-wait-stop prescription labeling.

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KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM

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