Substance use care innovations during COVID-19: barriers and facilitators to the provision of safer supply at a toronto COVID-19 isolation and recovery site.
Gillian KollaChowdhury Nishwara TarannumKaitlin FajberFiqir WorkuKris NorrisCathy LongRaphaela FagundesAnne RucchettoEileen HannanRichard KikotMichelle KlaimanMichelle FirestoneAhmed BayoumiGab LaurenceKate HaymanPublished in: Harm reduction journal (2024)
The urgency involved in intervening during a crisis enabled the adoption of prescribed safer supply, meeting the needs of people who use substances and assisting them to complete isolation periods, while also expanding what constitutes acceptable goals in the care of people who use drugs to include harm reduction approaches.