This Resource Guide has been created to outline the design of the FAST Overdose Alert Platform for other health units, organizations and networks to use in their own communities. Because it was designed to track local overdose patterns and trends in real-time, community organizations and health agencies can better respond to community needs. This document will detail the technical specifications required to establish this system in your community.
Type: Toolkit
FAST Overdose Alert Platform Resource Guide
NACCHO – Overdose Spike Response Framework for Communities and Local Health Departments
The purpose of this resource is to help local health departments (LHDs) plan for, respond to, and evaluate public health responses to overdose spikes.
Remedy Alliance for the People – Drug Checking Implementation Workbook
This resource is intended for harm reduction advocates, administrators, program directors, and anyone who wants to start building a point-of-care and community-based drug checking service using an infrared spectrometer. This workbook will walk through the steps required to start a drug checking service: from conceptualizing the program, incorporating community feedback, purchasing equipment, and hiring staff, through the implementation of the service and continuing education.
DrugChecki.ng Comprehensive Drug Checking Resource Database
This independently run website houses a huge collection of reliable drug checking resources
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP) – Vending Machines—A Surprising New Use for an Old Device
A general overview with links to additional information about harm reduction vending machines and funding opportunities
National Council for Mental Wellbeing – Enhancing Harm Reduction Services in Health Departments: Harm Reduction Vending Machine
The National Council for Mental Wellbeing, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, developed this brief to share considerations for health departments implementing harm reduction vending machines.
Readiness Assessment for Harm Reduction Vending Machines: A Decision Making Tool for Organizations and Communities
This is a resource for public health agencies, community-based organizations, and advocacy groups to develop knowledge about readiness for the implementation of a vending machine to distribute harm reduction supplies. Vending machines for this purpose are like snack or drink machines, but are stocked with items such as naloxone, educational materials, safer use supplies, and hygiene kits. Machines can be equipped with sign-in technology that tracks its use by program participants or the public. Agencies considering a harm reduction vending machine program will benefit from reviewing this tool with staff, community stakeholders, partners, and program participants. This tool will help agencies understand where their community sits on the continuum of readiness for vending machine implementation and identify next steps to strengthen their capacity to initiate a harm reduction vending machine program.
Considerations for Naloxone Vending Machines
Before setting up a naloxone vending machines, there are many questions that a program should consider. The content on this webpage is adapted from the webinar “Learn about Naloxone Vending Machines!” with content from Thea Oliphant-Wells of Public Health-Seattle & King County and Joseph Hunter of the North Central Accountable Communities of Health. We received additional input from Paul LaKosky at the Dave Purchase Project in Tacoma.
