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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Opioid Disposal Program a Tremendous Success

By Ethan Covey

LAS VEGAS—A hospital in Ohio has seen an overwhelming response to measures enacted in an attempt to combat the area’s opioid epidemic.

In a poster presented during the 2016 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, representatives from St. Rita’s Medical Center—a 450-bed hospital in Lima, Ohio—detailed how a medication disposal program, as well as community education, has exceeded expectations.