Co-Prescription of Naloxone as a Universal Precautions Model for Patients on Chronic Opioid Therapy—Observational Study

Abstract

The ambulatory co-prescribing of naloxone in a Universal Precautions model for all patients prescribed COT can be adopted as a useful public health intervention. This study illustrates a model that can be used to educate patients, caregivers, and an interdisciplinary team of health care professionals in an academic medical center.