
Opioid Update: Best Practices = Best Results
More than 136 people die each day in the United States from an opioid overdose, according to data collected by the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics. While there’s much work to be done toward finding a cure, we have effective ways to help reduce that number.
As a best practice, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) recommends labeling opioid prescriptions for patient awareness and safety. Easily improve your own best practices by labeling opioid drugs with our preprinted warning labels.
To further enhance patient safety, ISMP also recommends using preprinted labels to identify patients who have previously been given opioid drugs as Opioid Tolerant and those who have not been exposed to opioids as Opioid Naïve. We offer several options to help you achieve these goals. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, our print professionals will print labels to your exact specifications.
The goal, according to ISMP, is to support appropriate prescribing of extended-release and long-acting opioid medications and prevent death and serious patient harm from inappropriate use of these medications. A secondary goal is to specifically prevent the inappropriate use of fentaNYL patches to treat acute pain in patients who are opioid-naïve.
We also have you covered when it’s time to dispose of unused or expired medication. Trust our two proven drug disposal systems, Deterra® and Rx Destroyer™, to safely render prescription drugs irretrievable and to deter tampering and theft.
Opioid addiction is a national crisis with no clear end in sight, but we’re here to help you improve your best practices and achieve your best results.