Substance Use Disorder in Pregnancy

If you have already completed Naloxone HOPE Kit Training, you are DONE! No further action is required! If you have not yet completed the Naloxone HOPE Kit Training for Meriter L&D, please take time to do so. 

Background: Since July 2024, L&D and PP units have been providing Naloxone HOPE Kits for at-risk patients at Meriter's Antepartum, L&D and Postpartum units. HOPE stands for "Hospital Overdose Prevention Effort", aimed to reduce overdose-related morbidity and mortality in pregnant and postpartum patients. This opportunity originates from a research grant obtained by Dr. Jackie Adams, MD, MFM. 

GOALS for the Education include: 

• • • Understand the principles of harm reduction in the setting of substance use disorder 

    • Determine which patients meet criteria for receiving a HOPE Kit 

    • Understand the workflow for ordering, obtaining and dispensing HOPE Kits 

    • Participate in research related to harm reduction

Action Items:

1. Review the HOPE KIT Nurse and Provider PowerPoint 

2. Go to the Harm Reduction Website:  https://www.obgyn.wisc.edu/adams-research-page/home

3. Click on “Harm Reduction Study” tab 

   • Take the introductory quiz (red button # 1) 

   • Complete the CDC training (red button # 2) 

     • Reminder: CME Credit is available for the CDC Mini Module Training!  

   • Take the completion quiz (red button #3)