Windsor-Essex County
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Date/Time/ Approximate Location (where available) |
May 29, 2019 |
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Event description (what is happening or who is affected) |
Windsor-Essex County Health Unit’s surveillance system has identified 15 drug-related Emergency Department visits over the past few days (May 26 – 28). An alert is triggered when the rate of ED visits exceeds the running average by two standard deviations or more over a specified period. Multiple substances have been detected, and no single substance can be identified as the cause of these overdose events. |
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Response |
Please share this information with relevant partners. For signs & symptoms of opioid overdose and what to do, visit How Can Overdose Be Prevented? |
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Source |
Acute Care Enhanced Surveillance Application (ACES) |