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Reducing opioid doses prescribed from a pediatric emergency department

Abstract

Background: opioid overdose and abuse have reaches epidemic rates in the United States. Legitimate prescriptions are a large source of opioid misuse in adults and adolescents. The goal of this quality improvement project was to reduce opioid exposure from our pediatric emergency department (ED).