Stericycle Partners with the National Safety Council to Release the NSC Employer Toolkit Addressing Opioids in the Workplace
September 18 2019 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Stericycle is
the official launch partner of the National Safety Council resource
and is providing simple medication and sharps solutions for
employers
Stericycle, Inc. – a leading
provider of complete compliance-based, safe medication and sharps
disposal solutions – has joined the National
Safety Council (NSC) as the exclusive launch partner for the
new NSC toolkit that employers can use to address the opioid
crisis.
A survey released by NSC earlier this year indicated 75% of
employees have been directly impacted by opioid misuse, but just
17% feel extremely well prepared to address it. Among the resources
employers requested for the toolkit are sample policies, videos or
other interactive web tools, and workplace- or industry-specific
data and statistics.
In answer to that call, Stericycle has partnered with NSC to
launch its free Opioids at Work Employer
Toolkit, unveiled today by Stericycle President and CEO
Cindy Miller alongside NSC President and CEO Lorraine M. Martin;
VADM Jerome M. Adams, U.S. Surgeon General; Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Labor Loren Sweatt; Office of National Drug Control
Policy Assistant Director Kemp Chester; U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Foundation President Carolyn Cawley; and Rex Butler, a safety
professional and advocate who lost his brother to an opioid
overdose. The Opioids at Work Employer Toolkit is the first toolkit
with a focus on safety and includes information and resources for
four specific groups found in a typical workplace setting:
supervisors, human resource (HR) professionals, safety
professionals and employees.
“As the official launch partner of the Opioids at Work Employer
Toolkit, we are proud to be a part of a simple, yet innovative,
resource for business leaders who are taking steps to help combat
the ongoing opioid epidemic in America,” Miller said. “Now more
than ever, substance use and substance use disorders are affecting
employees, workplaces, families and communities. This toolkit gives
employers a unique opportunity to identify early warning signs and
connect employees to the support they need.”
For 30 years, Stericycle has been the complete provider of safe
and compliant medication and sharps disposal solutions.
Specifically, one of Stericycle’s award-winning consumer
drug take back solutions, Seal&Send medication mail back envelopes, are
included in the toolkit as an available resource for employers to
purchase and distribute to employees to combat the opioid epidemic.
The envelopes provide a safe, convenient option for consumers to
dispose of their unused or expired drugs by filling a pre-addressed
envelope with up to eight ounces of pharmaceutical waste and
dropping it into any USPS mailbox.
“Two-thirds of American adults with opioid use disorders are in
the workforce,” Martin said. “Everyone has a role to play in ending
opioid overdose, including employers, who are often on the front
lines. Organizations big and small will find life-saving
information in this new toolkit – information that not only will
help employers protect profits, but most importantly, their
people.”
More than two dozen resources can be found in the Opioids at
Work Employer Toolkit, including educational materials about
opioids, prevention, treatment and recovery. The toolkit includes a
sample policy for HR professionals to use when updating or creating
a drug-free workplace policy; an overview of how impairment impacts
safety; a guide for supervisors who need to communicate with
employees about opioids; a PowerPoint presentation for company
leadership to deliver to staff when the organization is ready to
unveil its policy; and a suite of videos, including one from an
emergency room doctor explaining how drugs affect the brain. Other
relevant data and statistics can be found throughout the
materials.
Media can download the kit here. It
is available for general download at safety.nsc.org/opioidsatwork.
For more information about Stericycle’s involvement with the
Opioids at Work Employer Toolkit and its safe disposal solutions,
please visit stericycle.com/nsctoolkit.
ABOUT STERICYCLE
Stericycle, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRCL) is a U.S. based
business-to-business services company and complete provider of
compliant medication and sharps disposal solutions that protect
people and brands, promote health and safeguard the environment.
Stericycle serves more than one million customers in all 50 U.S.
states and 20 countries worldwide with solutions for regulated
waste management, secure information destruction, compliance,
customer contact, and brand protection. For more information about
Stericycle, please visit www.stericycle.com.
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ABOUT THE NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL
The National Safety Council (nsc.org) is a nonprofit organization whose mission
is to eliminate preventable deaths at work, in homes and
communities, and on the road through leadership, research,
education and advocacy. Founded in 1913 and chartered by Congress,
NSC advances this mission by partnering with businesses, government
agencies, elected officials and the public in areas where we can
make the most impact.
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