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SAFE – Home Opioid Management Education (SAFE-HOME) in older adults: a naloxone awareness program for home health workers

BACKGROUND: Older adults (≥65 years) have seen significant increases in opioid overdose deaths. Diversion of older adults’ opioid medication is also a contributor to opioid misuse. Naloxone, an opioid antagonist, saves lives when used for an opioid overdose, yet education on opioid overdose and nalo...

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Autores principales: McQuade, Brianna M, Koronkowski, Mike, Emery-Tiburcio, Erin, Golden, Robyn, Jarrett, Jennie B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioExcel Publishing Ltd 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8687098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34970322
http://dx.doi.org/10.7573/dic.2021-7-6