County Installs Overdose Aid Kits

As part of its ongoing efforts to fight the fentanyl crisis, Waukesha County has been working with community partners by making Overdose Aid Kits (OAK) Boxes available for direct access by members of the public. Making these lifesaving resources available to the public can reduce the devastating impact of the fentanyl crisis in Waukesha County. The OAK Boxes contains Narcan, a nasal spray form of naloxone that can be used to help reverse overdoses. The box also contains fentanyl testing strips, a breathing mask and gloves, instructions for drug administration, as well as recovery support and treatment resources. The OAK Boxes have been placed throughout Waukesha County in community spaces such as coffee shops, churches, libraries, and parks, including various Waukesha County facilities where the public frequents so that members of the public may have direct access to the kits if so desired.  Persons that may benefit from such access include 1) a person at risk of experiencing an opioid related overdose, or 2) a family member, friend, or other person(s) in a position to assist persons(s) at risk of experience an opioid-related overdose. 

OAK Boxes are presently located in:

• Administration Center – ground and 1st floor bathrooms
• Jail – men’s and women’s lobby bathrooms
• Sheriff’s Dept. - men’s and women’s lobby bathrooms
• Mental Health Center - men’s and women lobby bathrooms
• Juvenile Center - men’s and women’s lobby bathrooms
• All County parks – Ranger stations and beach stations
• Administration Center – ground and 1st floor bathrooms
• Jail – men’s and women’s lobby bathrooms
• Sheriff’s Dept. - men’s and women’s lobby bathrooms
• Mental Health Center - men’s and women lobby bathrooms
• Juvenile Center - men’s and women’s lobby bathrooms
• All County parks – Ranger stations and beach stations
• Health and Human Services- men’s and women’s bathroom in the lobbies of all three floors
• Courthouse lobby
• Secure Courts Tower, ground and first floor around the corner from the men’s bathrooms.

The County hosts several monthly trainings in the community.  Visit Waukesha County’s Overdose Prevention page on its website to learn more about overdoes prevention, how to use naloxone, community outreach events, and how Waukesha County is responding to the fentanyl crisis at  https://www.waukeshacounty.gov/overdoseprevention.