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Title
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Unused, Unneeded, Unsafe
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Description
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Every year in the US, 42 million surgery patients are prescribed opioids for post-discharge pain management and 60-92% of patients will have leftover opioids. Presently, we advise patients to dispose of opioids at take-back events or drop boxes, but less than 10% will do so. Instead, patients insecurely store, misuse, or share opioids putting themselves, families, and communities at risk. Despite this, we currently lack an effective and scalable intervention for motivating patients to dispose of leftover opioids. Thus, there is a critical and time-sensitive need to develop effective, scalable opioid disposal interventions. Our research aims at providing the needed evidence and training for developing, implementing, and evaluating opioid disposal and other patient safety health system interventions.
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Date
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2026-01-26
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Creator
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Johnson, Jordan
