{"id":26346,"date":"2017-04-06T03:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-06T03:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/anxiety\/26346\/"},"modified":"2017-04-06T03:00:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T03:00:56","slug":"as-overdoses-surge-many-r-i-hospitals-start-testing-for-fentanyl-in-ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/26346","title":{"rendered":"As overdoses surge, numerous R.I. hospitals begin testing for fentanyl in ERs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Through the Journal:<\/p>\r\n

Rhode Island\u2019s two biggest hospital companies the very first time tend to be beginning to display clients for fentanyl, the lethal opioid this is certainly associated with nearly 60 % of most overdose deaths in 2016.<\/p>\r\n

Medical center business officials cannot state just how many crisis rooms all over the country consistently test for fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cIt\u2019s probably less than half\u2033 of all of the hospitals, said Dr. Janis Orlowski, primary health care officer for the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, D.C. But \u201cit\u2019s dramatically rising within the last few couple of years … because we\u2019re seeing those [overdose] increases.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

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From the Journal:<\/p>\n

Rhode Island\u2019s two largest hospital networks for the first time are starting to screen patients for fentanyl, the deadly opioid that is linked to nearly 60 percent of all overdose deaths in 2016.<\/p>\n

Hospital industry officials could not say how many emergency rooms nationwide routinely test for fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 to 100 times more powerful than morphine.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s probably fewer than half\u2033 of all hospitals, said Dr. Janis Orlowski, chief health care officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, D.C. But \u201cit\u2019s sharply on the rise in the last couple of years … because we\u2019re seeing those [overdose] increases.\u201d<\/p>\n

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