Christopher J. Frank is with Clallam County Health and Human Services, Port Angeles, WA, and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Siri E. Kushner is with the Kitsap Public Health District, Bremerton, WA. David A. Doran is with Clallam County Health and Human Services. Jeanette Stehr-Green is with the Clallam County Board of Health, Port Angeles.
Am J Public Health. 2018 Dec;108(12):1646-1648. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304690. Epub 2018 Oct 25.
In 2016, Clallam County became the first county in Washington State to mandate reporting of fatal and nonfatal opioid overdoses. This reporting improved our understanding of opioid overdoses in the community and allowed us to provide harm reduction and case management services after nonfatal overdoses. By using the Washington State Prescription Monitoring Program, we have been able to notify health care providers when their patients have experienced a fatal or nonfatal opioid overdose to help better guide their prescribing practices.
2016 年,克拉勒姆县成为华盛顿州第一个要求报告致命和非致命类阿片药物过量的县。这一报告提高了我们对社区类阿片药物过量的认识,并使我们能够在非致命性药物过量后提供减少危害和个案管理服务。通过使用华盛顿州处方监测计划,当患者经历致命或非致命类阿片药物过量时,我们能够通知医疗保健提供者,以帮助更好地指导他们的处方实践。