Table 2.
NAI instructions | NXN instructionsa |
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(1) Remove from outer case | (1) Remove medication and atomizer |
(2) Pull off red safety guard | (2) Pull off both yellow caps from syringe |
(3) Place black end onto patient’s outer thigh | (3) Pull off purple naloxone cap from naloxone cartridge |
(4) Press firmly to activate | (4) Attach atomizer onto syringe by the hold wings on the atomizer |
(5) Hold for at least 5 s | (5) Screw naloxone cartridge into syringe |
(6) Place atomizer tip into patient’s nostril | |
(7) Push cartridge to administer some naloxone into one nostril | |
(8) Push cartridge to administer approximately 1 mL naloxone into the other nostril |
NAI naloxone 0.4 mg auto-injector, NXN naloxone nasal atomization kit
aParticipants can perform steps 2–3 and 4–5 out of sequence