BALTIMORE—Pharmacists at Johns Hopkins University Hospital have developed a program to help ensure that patients who are at risk of opioid overdose have access to naloxone. Two pharmacists from the hospital discussed some of the components of the program at the ASHP Summer Meeting.
The goal of the program is to “get it out there in the community with the hopes of diminishing mortality,” explained Suzanne A. Nesbit, PharmD, BCPS, CPE, clinical specialist, Pain Management