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A service member practices administering the high-dose naloxone autoinjector (NAI) as a rescue treatment to counter opioid poisoning.

Aug. 24, 2023

DOD-Supported Lifesaving Autoinjector to Combat Ultra-Potent Opioid Exposure Available through DLA

FORT DETRICK, MD — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense website — Tasked with delivering a lifesaving pharmaceutical to service members who may be exposed to ultra-potent opioids, the Joint Project Manager for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Medical’s Rapid Opioid Countermeasure System program helped develop and deliver a high-dose naloxone autoinjector as a rescue treatment to counter opioid poisoning in less than three years.

Air Force Senior Airman Taryn Mendoza, right, prepares a syringe at Misawa Air Base, Japan. DLA Troop Support’s Medical supply chain provides more than 25,000 pharmaceuticals to military healthcare providers around the world. Mendoza is a medical technician with the 35th Medical Operations Squadron.

Sept. 1, 2017

Saving Lives: DLA ensures military gets meds in emergencies

PHILADELPHIA — Lorinda Ferraiolo isn't a doctor or a nurse. But when there was a life-or-death medical emergency at an Air Force base in Japan, she got the urgent message.

Pharmaceuticals are refrigerated at the 35th Medical Operations Squadron clinic at Misawa Air Base, Japan. Military healthcare providers at Misawa and other installations throughout the world rely on acquisition professionals at DLA Troop Support’s Medical supply chain to provide pharmaceuticals in life-or-death emergencies.

Sept. 1, 2017

Saving Lives

When military healthcare providers stationed overseas don’t have the medication they need in life-or-death emergencies, they turn to a small team of contracting officers with DLA Troop Support.

DLA Troop Support Medical employees meet with customers at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka, Japan during a visit to Pacific Region customers in May. The visit was an opportunity to provide face-to-face customer service to military hospitals in the region.

June 2, 2016

Medical supply chain works face-to-face with Pacific customers

PHILADELPHIA — Being able to meet with customers in person allows a better flow of communication, a Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Medical supply chain division chief said about a visit last month to customers in the Pacific region.