resources
Guide to Accessing Naloxone in Manitoba (June 2023)
A practical guide for both institutional and individual access to naloxone. It covers both the process for entering the Take Home Naloxone Program, as well as how to find naloxone in pharmacies and through other organizations.
> Download the Guide Here
institutional Harm reduction self-assesment
This agency-level self assessment was developed by People Who Use Drugs, the Manitoba Association of Community Health, and Substance Consulting. It is a great tool to work through to in your efforts ti improve harm reduction at your organization!
> download the toolkit here
STBBI Testing collaboration with sunshine house
Created in collaboration with the folks at Sunshine house, Winnipeg peers created these posters as part of a broader push to reduce stigma around getting tested and knowing your status.
You can click either poster to download both.
Please leave the credit to the folks who worked on them.
Case study - fentanyl exposure, 2022
An emergency medicine pharmacist spilled fentanyl all over his forearm and ungloved hand that had a cut.
Nothing happened. He washed it off and went back to work. These things happen all the time, but this individual was genius enough to document it all.
Click here to download report
crushing cards, february 2021
In February 2021 SCNN developed these fun and informative safer inhalation crushing cards.
Click here to download pdf
MB Pharmacies Naloxone price list, february 2021
In February 2021 volunteers called pharmacies all over Manitoba to find out the costs of Naloxone!
What we found:
-Of the 103 pharmacies listed to carry Naloxone, only 66 actually had it onsite
-Price varied from free to 151$, with most pharmacies selling it for 40-70$
-Nasal Naloxone is only carried onsite at 9 listed locations in the province (can be ordered in at others)
-List was generated by the College of Pharmacists Naloxone distribution list, and may not reflect all provincial sites: https://cphm.ca/wp-content/uploads/Resource-Library/Opioid-Agonist-Therapy/Naloxone-Kits-Pharmacy-List-2020.pdf)