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Community protection and opioid stewardship standards

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The Community Protection and Opioid Stewardship Standards, along with the Mental Health Services Protection Regulation and the Mental Health Services Protection Act, set the minimum requirements... More ≫

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The Community Protection and Opioid Stewardship Standards, along with the Mental Health Services Protection Regulation and the Mental Health Services Protection Act, set the minimum requirements that a licensed narcotic transition service provider must comply with in the provision of narcotic transition services.

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Recovery-oriented supervised consumption services standards

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These Standards establish the licensing requirements to provide supervised consumption services set out by the Government of Alberta under the Mental Health Services Protection Act and its Regulation. More ≫

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These Standards establish the licensing requirements to provide supervised consumption services set out by the Government of Alberta under the Mental Health Services Protection Act and its Regulation.

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Supervised consumption services : critical incident vs. duty to notify decision process

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This decision process document was created to assist providers of supervised consumption services determine when to use the Duty to Notify or Critical Incident Form. The Mental Health Services... More ≫

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This decision process document was created to assist providers of supervised consumption services determine when to use the Duty to Notify or Critical Incident Form. The Mental Health Services Protection Act and its Regulation require the reporting of situations that have caused serious harm or death (critical incidents), as well as situations that may prevent service providers from delivering their services and/or situations that may be injurious (duty to notify).

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Residential addiction treatment services : critical incident vs. duty to notify decision process

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This decision process document was created to assist providers of residential addiction treatment services determine when to use the Duty to Notify or Critical Incident Form. The Mental Health... More ≫

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This decision process document was created to assist providers of residential addiction treatment services determine when to use the Duty to Notify or Critical Incident Form. The Mental Health Services Protection Act requires the reporting of situations that have caused serious harm or death (critical incidents), as well as situations that may prevent service providers from delivering their services and/or situations that may be injurious (duty to notify).

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Alberta opioid response surveillance report : First Nations People in Alberta [2021]

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This surveillance report presents emergency department visits, hospitalizations, prescription drug dispensing from community pharmacies, emergency medical services, naloxone kit dispensing,... More ≫

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This surveillance report presents emergency department visits, hospitalizations, prescription drug dispensing from community pharmacies, emergency medical services, naloxone kit dispensing, supervised consumption service visits, and mortality data associated with opioids and other drugs in Alberta. Results are subject to change. The time period covered in this report is January 2016 to December 2020.

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Recovery-oriented overdose prevention services guide

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The guide has been developed to support service providers who offer or provide supervised consumption services in Alberta to meet licensing requirements set out by the Government of Alberta under... More ≫

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The guide has been developed to support service providers who offer or provide supervised consumption services in Alberta to meet licensing requirements set out by the Government of Alberta under the Mental Health Services Protection Act and Regulation. It also provides guidance for operators who wish to apply for provincial funding.

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Alberta opioid response surveillance report

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This surveillance report presents emergency department, prescription, and mortality data associated with fentanyl, other opioids and other substances of misuse in Alberta. Results are subject to... More ≫

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This surveillance report presents emergency department, prescription, and mortality data associated with fentanyl, other opioids and other substances of misuse in Alberta. Results are subject to change based on differences in reporting schedules and updates from the various data systems. The surveillance report was replaced by the Alberta Surveillance Substance Use System in December 2020.

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Alberta opioid response surveillance report : First Nations People in Alberta [2019]

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This surveillance report presents emergency department visits, hospitalizations, prescription drug dispensing from community pharmacies, emergency medical services, naloxone kit dispensing,... More ≫

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This surveillance report presents emergency department visits, hospitalizations, prescription drug dispensing from community pharmacies, emergency medical services, naloxone kit dispensing, supervised consumption service visits, and mortality data associated with opioids and other drugs in Alberta. The time period covered in this report is January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2018.

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Opioid-related deaths in Alberta in 2017 : review of medical examiner data

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Alberta Health undertook a review of the Chief Medical Examiner's case files on all unintentional opioid-related deaths in 2017, supplemented by administrative data from Alberta Health. The... More ≫

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Alberta Health undertook a review of the Chief Medical Examiner's case files on all unintentional opioid-related deaths in 2017, supplemented by administrative data from Alberta Health. The purpose of the review was to learn more about the people dying from opioid-related deaths and the circumstances of those deaths, and to identify trends and inform potential interventions to help stem the increasing number of opioid-related deaths in Alberta.

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Into focus : calling attention to youth opioid use in Alberta. Government of Alberta’s response to the office of the child and youth advocate

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In June 2018 the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate released an investigative review examining the lives of twelve youth who died from opioid poisoning between October 2015 and September 2017.... More ≫

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In June 2018 the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate released an investigative review examining the lives of twelve youth who died from opioid poisoning between October 2015 and September 2017. The review identified opportunities for system improvements in five areas, with five corresponding recommendations. All five recommendations have been accepted by the Government of Alberta, as outlined in this document.

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