Resources for Health Care Providers

Publications, Guides and Protocols

META:PHI Interim Guidance for Safer Supply Prescribing

 

 

 

Meta:Phi October 2026
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BCCSU Prescribed Safer Supply Protocols and Guidance

 

BCCSU, December 2025

Clinical Bulletin: Updated Prescribed Alternatives Policy - Implications for Clinical Practice

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BCCSU, 2022 & 2023

Protocols, clinical summaries, and patient information for fentanyl patches, fentanyl tablets, and sufentanil.

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Safer Opioid Supply Program Protocols: Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre, Toronto, Ontario

 

Marysia Maraksa NP, Nicole Bond, Gab Laurence, & Kate Atkinson, 2022

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Victoria SAFER Initiative Safe Supply Protocols

 

AVI Health and Community Services, 2022

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Guiding Document: Safer Opioid Supply Programs (SOS)

 

A harm reduction informed guiding document for primary care teams. Hales et al., 2020

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Reframing Diversion for Health Care Providers: Frequently Asked Questions 2022

 

NSS-CoP, 2022

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Safer Supply for Health Care Providers: Frequently Asked Questions

 

NSS-CoP, 2022

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Safe Supply: Concept Document

 

CAPUD, 2019

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Past Hot Topic Webinars

Integrating Hepatitis C Care with Safer Supply Practice

 

CATIE, 2022-07-28

Speakers: Chris Hoy, Rivka Kushner, Tim O'Shea, Patty Wilson, Angie Austin and Jessica Nanni

 

Urine Drug Screenings: Science and Implications on the Lives of People Who Use Drugs

 

NSS-CoP, 2022-06-30

Moderator: Phoenix Beck McGreevy
Presenter: Claire S
Speakers: Ashley Smoke, Nat Kaminski, Keri Guelke, Hawkfeather Peterson

Urine Drug Screen Workshop

 

NSS-CoP, 2022-04-28

Presenter: Claire Snelgrove
 

 

 

 

Pharmacist Roundtable on Safer Supply

 

NSS-CoP, 2022-04-28

Moderator: Kelly Sequeira
Speakers: Mark Barnes, Jodi Cunningham, Al Ladak, Danny Lui, Laura Miller,  Lynn Pollock

 

 

Wound Care Workshops for Clinicians

 

 

NSS-CoP, 2022-01-31

Speakers: Erin Telegdi, Patricia Coutts

 

 

NSS-CoP, 2023-11-14

Speakers: Erin Telegdi, Patricia Coutts

 

Prescriber Panel - Tensions in Safer Supply

 

NSS-CoP, 2021-12-16

Moderator: Liam Michaud
Speakers: Tracey Day, Emmet O’Reilly, Andrea Sereda, Mish Waraksa

 

Emotional Harm Reduction

 

NSS-CoP, 2021-11-08

Speaker: Corey Ranger

 

Safer Supply 101

 

NSS-CoP, 2021-10-14

Speaker: Corey Ranger

 

Uprooting Medical Violence

 

NSS-CoP, 2021-10-07

Speaker: Dr. Nanky Rai

 

Safe-Guarding Controlled Substances in a Pharmacy

 

 NSS-CoP, 2023-11-28

Speaker: Sue-Jane Sang, Team Lead - Pharmacy Inspection Unit, Community Pharmacy Inspection Program, Controlled Substances Program.

 

In Our Resource Library

Skin & Wound Care for People Who Use Drugs

 

Erin Telegdi & Pat Coutts, 2023

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Substance Use Related Language & Stigma

 

Katie Upham, 2023

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