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(16,389 posts) Sun Dec 3, 2017, 01:05 PM Dec 2017

Ottawa elementary schools next in line for naloxone kits [View all]

From http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/ottawa/naloxone-kits-ottawa-high-schools-1.4428788

Naloxone kits are now in all Ottawa-Carleton District School Board high schools, and could soon be coming to the board's elementary schools. (Danny Globerman/CBC)

Ottawa elementary schools next in line for naloxone kits
All 32 OCDSB high schools already equipped with opioid antidote kits

Kimberley Molina · CBC News
December 2, 2017

Now that Ottawa's largest school board has finished installing naloxone kits in all its high schools, it's turning its attention to its elementary schools.

The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board is evaluating when, how and which elementary schools could receive the opioid antidote kits, the board confirmed in an email to CBC News.

Currently all 32 high schools and alternative schools are equipped with the kits, which includes two doses of naloxone nasal spray and a disposable breathing mask, the email stated.

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