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Fentanyl Resources
Resources
New Final and Interim Health Hazard Evaluation Reports
- Evaluation of Occupational Exposures to Opioids, Mental Health Symptoms, Exposure to Traumatic Events, and Job Stress in a City Fire Department– Interim Report (February 2019)
- Evaluation of Law Enforcement Officers’ Occupational Exposure to Illicit Drugs – Final Report (November 2018)
- Evaluation of Occupational Exposures to Illicit Drugs During a Law Enforcement and Emergency Medical Services Response – Final Report (November 2018)
- Evaluation of Law Enforcement Officers’ Potential Occupational Exposure to Illicit Drugs — Virginia (HHE 2018-0113-3325) – Final Report (September 2018)
- Evaluation of a New Hampshire Law Enforcement Officer’s Unintentional Occupational Exposure to Illicit Drugs (HHE 2018-0132-3322) – Final Report (August 2018)
- Evaluation of Potential Occupational Exposures to Opioids in a City Fire and Police Department (HHE 2018-0015) [PDF – 137 KB] – Interim Report (May 2018)
- Evaluation of Potential Occupational Exposures to Opioid Drugs During an Emergency Medical Services Response (HHE 2018-0067) [PDF – 274 KB] – Interim Report (April 2018)
White House
CDC Resources
- CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control: Fentanyl
- CDC Health Alert Network Health Update 395: Influx of Fentanyl-laced Counterfeit Pills and Toxic Fentanyl-related Compounds Further Increases Risk of Fentanyl-related Overdose and Fatalities
- CDC Health Alert Network Health Update 384: Increases in Fentanyl Drug Confiscations and Fentanyl-related Overdose Fatalities
Other Key Resources
NIOSH Resources
- Illicit Drugs, Including Fentanyl: Preventing Occupational Exposure to Emergency Responders
- Evaluation of Law Enforcement Agents’ Potential Exposures during a Raid of a Clandestine “Spice” Lab
- Evaluation of Employee Exposure to Lead and Other Chemicals at a Police Department
- Evaluation of Potential Employee Exposures During Crime and Death Investigations at a County Coroner’s Office
- Evaluation of Police Officers’ Exposures to Chemicals While Working Inside a Drug Vault – Kentucky
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection Canine Enforcement Training Center Front Royal, Virginia
- State of Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement
- NIOSH For Respirator Users
- NIOSH Certified Equipment List
- NIOSH Emergency Response Card for Fentanyl
Other Resources
- The Interagency Board Recommendations on Selection and Use of Personal Protective Equipment and Decontamination Products for First Responders Against Exposure Hazards to Synthetic Opioids, Including Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogues
- ACMT and AACT Position Statement: Preventing Occupational Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analog Exposure to Emergency Responders
- Justice Institute of British Columbia Fentanyl Safety for First Responders
- OSHA Respiratory Protection
- OSHA Respirator Fit Testing
- NCIPC maps of Law Enforcement Encounters with Fentanyl
- NCIPC maps of Synthetic Opioid Overdose death rates
- Training Video on Reversing Opioid Overdose in Dogs – Illinois Vet Med Educational tool for licensed veterinarians created by University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine in collaboration with the American Veterinary Medical Association, Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association, and University of Illinois Police Training Institute
References
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. How to Remove Gloves. Retrieved October 6, 2016, from https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/pdf/poster-how-to-remove-gloves.pdf
- Connor, T. (1999). Permeability of nitrile rubber, latex, polyurethane, and neoprene gloves to 18 antineoplastic drugs. Am J Health Syst Pharm, 56(23), 2450-2453. Retrieved October 6, 2016
- Drug Enforcement Agency. Drug Fact Sheet: Fentanyl. Retrieved, October 6, 2016, from https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/concern_fentanyl.shtml
- Gladden RM, Martinez P, Seth P (2016). Fentanyl Law Enforcement Submissions and Increases in Synthetic Opioid–Involved Overdose Deaths — 27 States, 2013–2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 65:837–843. DOI: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/wr/mm6533a2.htm
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) (2008). Personal Protective Equipment for Health Care Workers Who Work with Hazardous Drugs. Retrieved October 6, 2016, from Workplace Solutions: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/wp-solutions/2009-106/pdfs/2009-106.pdf
- NIOSH (2004). NIOSH Alert: preventing occupational exposures to antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs in healthcare settings. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Retrieved October 6, 2016, from https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/wp-solutions/2009-106/pdfs/2009-106.pdf
- National Institute on Drug Abuse. DrugFacts—Fentanyl. Retrieved October 6, 2016, from https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/fentanyl
- National Institute on Drug Abuse. Overdose Death Rates. Retrieved October 24, 2016, from https://www.drugabuse.gov/related-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) (2011). Respiratory Protection. Retrieved October 6, 2016, from https://www.osha.gov/pls/oshaweb/owadisp.show_document?p_table=STANDARDS&p_id=12716
- OSHA (2002). Respiratory Protection OSHA 3079. Retrieved October 13, 2016, from https://www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3079.pdf
- OSHA (n.d.). Respirator Fit Testing. Retrieved October 13, 2016, from https://www.osha.gov/video/respiratory_protection/fittesting_transcript.html
- Taylor, Donald R., MD (2005). The pharmacology of fentanyl and its impact on pain management: routes of treatment for fentanyl administration and implications for pain management. Medscape Neurology, 7(2).
- Van Nimmen, N.F.J., Poels, K.L.C, & Veulmans, H.A.F. (2006). Identification of exposure pathways for opioid narcotic analgesics in pharmaceutical production workers. Ann Occ Hyg, 50(7), 666.
- Varvel J.R., Shafer S.L., Hwang S.S., Coen P.A., & Stanski D.R. (1989). Absorption characteristics of transdermally administered fentanyl. Anesthesiology. 70, 928-934.
- Wallemacq, P., Capron, A., Vanbinst, R., Boeckmans, E.J.G., & Favier, B. (2006). Permeability of 13 different gloves to 13 cytotoxic agents under controlled dynamic conditions. Am J Health-Syst Pharm, 63, 547-556. Retrieved October 8, 2016