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Health department offers naloxone ‘1 box’ program, commissioners agree to host one in county building
Summary
Southeastern Utah Health Department staff proposed placing 24 naloxone '1 box' emergency kits in public locations countywide; health staff said the department will cover purchase and maintenance, and the sheriff’s office voiced conditional support. Commissioners agreed to allow a box in the county administration building.
Taylor Cook, who said she works in the opioid and overdose prevention program at the Southeastern Utah Health Department, told the Emery County Commission the department is seeking local support to distribute naloxone “1 box” emergency kits around the county.
“We ordered 24 of them,” Cook said, describing the boxes as opioid naloxone emergency kits that hang next to AEDs and contain two naloxone doses, basic PPE and audio/video instructions (including a Spanish-language option). She said the health department would pay for, maintain and…
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