Kannam, Allison and Cowett, Allison and Caruso, Kelsea and Lau, Kaylie and Allen, Katherine and Lank, Patrick M and McCarthy, Danielle M and Kim, Howard S (2024) Research letter. Fentanyl test strip distribution acceptability and use among substance-related emergency department visits. Academic Emergency Medicine, Early online, https://doi.org/10.1111/acem.14934.
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U.S. overdose deaths involving fentanyl have escalated in recent years, including in Cook County, Illinois, where over 91% of the 2000 overdose deaths in 2022 involved fentanyl compared to 56% of 1195 overdose deaths in 2017.1 As such, distributing fentanyl test strips (FTSs) to persons who use drugs (PWUD) has rapidly become a key harm reduction strategy....
E Concepts in biomedical areas > Pharmacology and toxicology > Purity / adulterant
HA Screening, identification, and diagnostic method > Physical / medical screening, assessment and diagnostic method
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Harm reduction > Substance use harm reduction
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Identification and screening > Identification and screening for substance use
J Health care, prevention, harm reduction and treatment > Type of care > Emergency care
T Demographic characteristics > Person who uses substances (user / experience)
VA Geographic area > United States
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