Arizona’s Department of Health Services adopted an enhanced opioid data surveillance program that requires first responders and health care providers to report suspected opioid overdoses, suspected opioid overdose deaths, naloxone distribution, and naloxone administration through an electronic reporting system. Providers are also required to report suspected cases of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (neonatal abstinence syndrome). In addition, the state provides blood testing from suspected opioid overdoses by the public health laboratory and has a real time opioid data online dashboard. Links the project website, copies of the executive order and regulations, frequently asked questions, and implementation guides are available below.
Opioid Epidemic – Opioid Interactive Dashboard
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
This is the website for the Arizona enhanced opioid surveillance data project. It provides real time data on a variety of opioid topics including overdose, use of naloxone, neonatal withdrawal syndrome (or neonatal abstinence syndrome), and reports based on age, gender, and geographic location.
Arizona Opioid Response Summary
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
This 2019 report provides a comprehensive review of the state of Arizona’s opioid response efforts through December 2018. In addition to briefly describing major initiatives in the state, the report provides data from the state’s comprehensive enhanced data surveillance system.
Opioid Poisoning Related Reporting
Source: Arizona Administrative Register
The 2018 Arizona regulations that codify the requirements that law enforcement, emergency medical responders, health care providers and health care facilities must report incidences of opioid overdoses, deaths due to opioid overdoses, and the number of naloxone doses dispensed and administered.
State of Arizona Executive Order: Enhanced Surveillance Advisory
Source: Arizona Governor's Office
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey issued this executive order in 2017 requiring multiple health care institutions and providers to report opioid related incidents to the state. Entities were required to report suspected opioid overdoses, suspected opioid deaths, naloxone doses dispensed, naloxone
FAQs – Opioid Reporting
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
Arizona’s Department of Health Services provided these frequently asked questions about the opioid reporting requirements of the state.
FAQs: Prehospital Opioid/Opiate Overdose Reporting for Fire, EMS, and Law Enforcement
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
The Arizona Department of Health Services created these frequently asked questions to explain the state requirement that first responders — including fire, emergency medical services, and law enforcement — report suspected opioid overdoses, suspected opioid overdose deaths, and doses of naloxone administered.
FAQs: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
The Arizona Department of Health Services created these frequently asked questions to explain the state requirement that health care providers report cases of neonatal opioid withdrawal (or neonatal abstinence syndrome) as part of the state’s enhanced opioid surveillance.
FAQs: Pharmacist Reporting
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
The Arizona Department of Health Services created these frequently asked questions to explain the state requirement that pharmacists report naloxone doses dispensed to the state.
Opioid Epidemic – Laboratory Screening
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
The Arizona State Public Health Laboratory has created a program to screen blood samples from individuals with a suspected opioid overdose in order to better understand which opioids are responsible for causing overdoses in the state. Health care providers and institutions can request a courier to pick up samples which are then tested for the qualitative identification of opioids, fentanyl analogs, benzodiazepines, stimulants, cannabinoids, and synthetic cannabinoids. This is the Arizona Department of Health Services website for the laboratory testing program.
FAQs: Medical Examiners – Laboratory Toxicology Surveillance Panel
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
As part of Arizona’s enhanced opioid surveillance, the Arizona Department of Health Services laboratory tests blood samples collected from individuals with suspected opioid overdoses. The laboratory performs a qualitative analysis to detect standard narcotics, opioids, fentanyl
Prehospital Opioid/Opiate Overdose Reporting Reporting Tool Instructions for Law Enforcement and Non-AZ-PIERS EMS Agencies
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
The state of Arizona has a program for first responders to report any out-of-hospital suspected opioid overdoses, suspected opioid overdose deaths, and out-of-hospital use of naloxone to treat opioid overdose. This document provides instructions for first responders on using the AZ-PIERS system to report overdose incidents.
Data Use Agreement for Prehospital Opioid Overdose Reporting
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
The state of Arizona has a program for first responders to report any out-of-hospital suspected opioid overdoses, suspected opioid overdose deaths, and out-of-hospital use of naloxone to treat opioid overdose. Emergency medical services, law enforcement and other first responder
Prehospital Opioid Overdose Reporting Tool
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
The state of Arizona has a program for first responders to report any out-of-hospital suspected opioid overdoses, suspected opioid overdose deaths, and out-of-hospital use of naloxone to treat opioid overdose. The state asks first responders to report the information through the web-
How to Report a Suspected Opioid/Opiate Overdose Using the AZ-PIERS System
Source: Arizona Department of Health Services
Funding Source: Arizona Department of Health Services