HHS Calls for Naloxone in Federal Buildings

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the General Services Administration, which oversees federal real estate, are calling for all federal buildings to include the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone onsite, alongside automated external defibrillators (AEDs). It’s the first change to federal building safety guidance in nearly 15 years.

Under the new guidance, AEDs would be converted into “safety stations” that contain either an opioid reversal agent like Narcan or hemorrhagic control component like Stop the Bleed, or both. Read more from The Hill here.