Characterizing and combating the opioid epidemic in the Los Angeles County jail system.

Introduction: Opioid overdose-related morbidity and mortality is a pressing public health crisis. Successful overdose reversal through bystander administration of naloxone is well documented, but there is an absence of literature on the implementation and impact of widespread naloxone access in a correctional setting during incarceration. The objective of this study was to describe our efforts to combat opioid overdose, prevent deaths, and examine and identify opioid use and predictors of opioid use through factors including age, sex assigned at birth, and ethnicity among the incarcerated population within the Los Angeles County jail system.

The Impact of Implementing an Advance Practice Pharmacist-Led Anticoagulation Clinic Within a Correctional Facility.

Maintaining warfarin in the therapeutic range is clinically challenging and can be made more complex in the correctional health setting. The care of an inmate population is complicated by its episodic and often brief nature in addition to the frequent lack of consistent care prior to incarceration. As part of a process improvement effort, a descriptive study was conducted on a unique pharmacist-led anticoagulation clinic that was initiated in the Los Angeles County jail.

Clinical Pharmacist's Role in an Alcohol Detox Unit in a Correctional Setting.

Introduction: Newly incarcerated inmates with chronic alcohol use are at high risk for alcohol withdrawal. This descriptive study aims to describe the role of a clinical pharmacist within an alcohol detoxification unit (ADU) in the Los Angeles County jail that serves nearly 18 000 inmates facility-wide daily.

Methods: This descriptive analysis was conducted from August 2, 2018 through October 31, 2018 within the jail ADU.