Opioids in the Workplace

Resources related to the Opioid Crisis

Tools for Workplaces

• CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control: Opioid Overdose
• Fentanyl
• Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder – NIOSH
• Opioids & Substance Use: Workplace Prevention & Responseexternal icon
• Prescription Drug Overdose Prevention
• SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkitexternal icon (en Españolexternal icon)
  • Five Essential Steps for First Responderspdf iconexternal icon
  • Information for Prescriberspdf iconexternal icon
  • Opioid Use Disorder Factspdf iconexternal icon
  • Recovering from Opioid Overdosepdf iconexternal icon
  • Safety Advice for Patients & Family Memberspdf iconexternal icon
• The Opioid Crisis and Connecticut’s Workforcepdf iconexternal icon
• Using Naloxone to Reverse Opioid Overdose in the Workplace
  • Responding to a Suspected Opioid Overdose

Research on Workplaces

• A NIOSH Role in Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention
• Drug overdose deaths at work, 2011-2016
• Fentanyls and the safety of first responders: Science and recommendationsexternal icon
• Landscape Study of Field Portable Devices for Presumptive Drug Testingexternal icon
• MMWR Occupational Patterns in Unintentional and Undetermined Drug-Involved and Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths
• National Safety Council Prescription Drug Employer Toolkitexternal icon *Note: Signup may be required to download resource
• NIOSH Science Blog
• Opioid-related Overdose Deaths in Massachusetts by Industry and Occupation, 2011-2015external icon
• The Opioid Overdose Epidemic and the Workplace
• What’s in the bag? Analysis of exterior drug packaging by TD-DART-MS to predict the contentsexternal icon

General Resources

• Can Ergonomics Programs Help Solve the Opioid Crisis? from AIHA The Synergistexternal icon
• CDC Opioids Web Portal
• HHS.gov/Opioidsexternal icon
• Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid-Use Disorder- Mayo Clinicexternal icon
• MMWR Opioid Reports
• National Drug Control Strategypdf iconexternal icon
• National Institute on Drug Abuseexternal icon
• National Vital Statistics Report: Drugs Most Frequently Involved in Drug Overdose Deaths: United States, 2011–2016 pdf icon
• No Shortcuts to Safer Opioid Prescribing from New England Journal of Medicine –external iconNew 4/25/19!
• Opioids.govexternal icon
• Prevention of Opioid Overdose from New England Journal of Medicineexternal icon
• Report by IAIABC on State Strategies To Address the Opioid Epidemicexternal icon *Note: Signup may be required to download resource
• The U.S. Surgeon General’s Spotlight on Opioidspdf iconexternal icon
• Treatment Referral Routing Service National Helpline 1-800-662-HELP (4357)external icon
• U.S. Surgeon General Addiction Resourcesexternal icon
• U.S. Surgeon General Opioid Responseexternal icon
• World Drug Report 2019 from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime pdf icon[PDF – 9 MB]