Health care organizations and Narcan vendors not only supply the life-saving drug to firms they also train workers on how to treat and avoid opioid addiction
As the industry continues to look for solutions to fight opioid addiction among its ranks of craft workers, some larger contractors are hiring third-party suppliers of Narcan and health care organizations as turnkey solutions.
Boston-based Shawmut Design and Construction, for example, has supplied Narcan on its 150 jobsites, but it took a few years to work out the kinks, says Shaun Carvalho, Shawmut’s chief safety officer. “Employees began to express interest in hearing about opioids and substance use disorder (SUD) leading up to 2018 Safety Week and we wanted to get ahead of the curve,” Carvalho says.