Risk of fentanyl overdose among clients of the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre

Int J Drug Policy. 2016 Nov:37:111-114. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.08.004. Epub 2016 Oct 15.

Authors

Julie Latimer¹, Stephen Ling², Ian Flaherty³, Marianne Jauncey³, Allison M Salmon³

Affiliations

¹ Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre, Australia. Electronic address: jlatimer@uniting.org.
² Hunter New England Local Health District and University of Newcastle, Faculty of Health and Medicine School of Nursing and Midwifery, Australia.
³ Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre, Australia.

PMID: 27750104
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.08.004

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adult
Analgesics, Opioid / poisoning*
Clinical Audit
Drug Overdose / epidemiology*
Female
Fentanyl / poisoning*
Heroin / poisoning
Humans
Male
Needle-Exchange Programs
New South Wales / epidemiology
Prescription Drugs / poisoning
Retrospective Studies
Risk
Substance Abuse, Intravenous

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid
Prescription Drugs
Heroin
Fentanyl