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ArticleNew solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS2021

Occupational Safety and Health and Illicit Opioids: State of the Research on Protecting Against the Threat of Occupational Exposure.

Casey Basham, Audrey Cerles, Margaret Rush, Marissa Alexander-Scott, Lee Greenawald, Sophia Chiu, Kendra Broadwater, Deborah Hirst, John Snawder, Jennifer Roberts and 3 more

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Article in New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Occupational exposures to illicit drugs in forensic science divisions.Journal of occupational and environmental hygiene · 2026
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  4. Fentanyl overdose: Temporal effects and prognostic factors in SKH1 mice.Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Casey BashamGryphon Scientific LLC, Takoma Park, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9542-9755
Audrey CerlesGryphon Scientific LLC, Takoma Park, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7936-4418
Margaret RushGryphon Scientific LLC, Takoma Park, MD, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0331-9274
Marissa Alexander-ScottHealth Effects Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Lee GreenawaldNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburg, PA, USA.
Sophia ChiuNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8492-8441
Kendra BroadwaterNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Deborah HirstNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
John SnawderNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Jennifer RobertsNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Angela WeberNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Martha KnuthStephen B Thacker Library, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Rocco CasagrandeGryphon Scientific LLC, Takoma Park, MD, USA.

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999NIH HHS HHSN263201500002C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The nationwide opioid crisis continues to affect not only people who use opioids but also communities at large by increasing the risk of accidental occupational exposure to illicit opioids. In addition, the emergence of highly potent synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and carfentanil increases the need to protect workers who may encounter unknown drug substances during job activities. To support the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Opioids Research Gaps Working Group, we examined the state of the literature concerning methods to protect workers against accidental occupational exposure to illicit opioids, and have identified unmet research needs concerning personal protective equipment, decontamination methods, and engineering controls. Additional studies are needed to overcome gaps in technical knowledge about personal protective equipment, decontamination, and control methods, and gaps in understanding how these measures are utilized by workers. Increasing our knowledge of how to protect against exposure to illicit opioids has the potential to improve occupational health across communities.

Indexed as

Occupational ExposureOccupational HealthOpioid-Related DisordersAnalgesics, OpioidHumansPersonal Protective EquipmentUnited StatesAnalgesics, Opioidexposureoccupationalopioidsprotection

Identifiers

PMID34407666
PMCPMC9125692

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