Supervised consumption services for acute care hospital patients

Commentary
by
Dong, Kathryn A. et al

Release Date

2020

Geography

Canada

Language of Resource

English

Full Text Available

Yes

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

No

Peer Reviewed

Yes

Findings/Key points

Access to supervised consumption services is recommended across the treatment continuum for people with opioid use disorder. The hospital environment can place patients with ongoing substance use at risk. Embedded supervised consumption services in acute care hospitals have the potential to improve safety and engage patients in addiction treatment.

Keywords

Harm reduction
Policy/Regulatory
About prescribers
Illegal drugs
Stigma
SCS/OPS
Hospitals