{"id":3872,"date":"2025-02-25T10:21:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T18:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snohomishoverdoseprevention.com\/?page_id=3872"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:33:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T18:33:23","slug":"overdose-fatality-review","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/snohomishoverdoseprevention.com\/tl\/overdose-fatality-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Overdose Fatality Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t\tSnohomish County&#8217;s Overdose Fatality Review Team\t<\/h2>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tDriven by the belief that overdose deaths are preventable\t<\/h3>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tPurpose\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>The purpose of Snohomish County&#8217;s Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) is to effectively identify system gaps and develop community-specific overdose prevention and intervention strategies. We seek to better understand overdose deaths so we can use that information to prevent them.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tProcess\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Snohomish County&#8217;s OFR develops prevention and intervention strategies by bringing together a prevention-oriented, multidisciplinary team to review aggregate and case-level data to develop a timeline leading up to a fatal overdose.<\/p>\n<p>This review, occurring quarterly, helps us gain a deeper understanding of missed opportunities for prevention and intervention. It also creates a space to help build organizational and interpersonal relationships among professionals working in the substance use and overdose prevention space. Findings from the OFR will be used to make recommendations, inspire action, and prevent future deaths.<\/p>\n<p>For similar review processes in Snohomish County, visit Snohomish County&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snohd.org\/1821\/Child-fatality-review-and-prevention\">Child Fatality Review and Prevention<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t<a role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><button id=\"fl-accordion--button-0\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--content-0\" aria-expanded=\"true\" type=\"button\">Protected by Law <i data-label-icon=\"fas fa-plus\" data-active-icon=\"fas fa-minus\">Collapse<\/i><\/button><\/a><p>Overdose Fatality Review teams operate in various counties across the country. In Washington State, code <a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/RCW\/default.aspx?cite=70.05.210#:~:text=(2)(a)%20A%20local,%2C%20withdrawal%2C%20and%20suicide%20fatalities.\">RCW 70.05.210<\/a> permits local health jurisdictions to do this work. These rules also allow partner agencies to share and discuss data for this purpose. The law mandates strict privacy and confidentiality measures to protect information about those who died and their loved ones. Information about individual fatalities is not shared publicly as part of the fatality review work.<\/p>\n<a role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><button id=\"fl-accordion--button-1\" aria-controls=\"fl-accordion--content-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" type=\"button\">Operating Framework <i data-label-icon=\"fas fa-plus\" data-active-icon=\"fas fa-minus\">Expand<\/i><\/button><\/a><p>Snohomish County&#8217;s OFR team structure is based off the nationally recognized model managed by the Institute for Intergovernmental Research. Like the CDC Foundation&#8217;s Public Health and Safety Team (PHAST) framework, an OFR encourages multisector collaboration by the data-driven &#8220;SOS&#8221; Process:<\/p>\n<p><strong>S &#8211; Shared Understanding<\/strong>: OFRs increase members&#8217; understanding of area agencies&#8217; roles and services as well as the community&#8217;s assets and needs, substance use and overdose trends, current prevention activities, and system gaps.<\/p>\n<p><strong>O &#8211; Optimized Capacity:<\/strong> OFRs increase the community&#8217;s overall capacity to prevent future overdose deaths by leveraging resources from multiple agencies and sectors to increase system-level response.<\/p>\n<p><strong>S- Shared Accountability:<\/strong> OFRs continually monitor local substance use and overdose death data as well as recommendation implementation activities. Status Updates on recommendations are shared at each OFR team meeting, reinforcing accountability for action.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the national framework, please visit the Institute for Intergovernmental Research&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/ofrtools.org\/\">Overdose Fatality Review website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tMeeting Summaries\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>Snohomish County&#8217;s Overdose fatality review meeting summaries and recommendations can be found below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a data-edac-fsat-processed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/snohomishoverdoseprevention.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Overdose-Fatality-Review-4.pdf\">Overdose Fatality Review Summary, September 2025: Fatalities with High Fentanyl Potency [PDF, 224.60 KB]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a data-edac-fsat-processed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/snohomishoverdoseprevention.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OFR-1-Summary-and-Recommendations.pdf\">Overdose Fatality Review Summary, October 2024: Focus on men aged 35-44\u00a0 [PDF, 932.50 KB]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\n\t\t\tContact Us\t<\/h2>\n\t<p>If you have questions, or are interested in joining the OFR team, please <a href=\"mailto:Reiley.Duerre@co.snohomish.wa.us\">contact the Overdose Fatality Review Coordinator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Emails to <a href=\"mailto:MAC@snoco.org\">MAC@snoco.org<\/a> regarding Overdose Fatality Review also will be passed along to the coordinator.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ang Overdose Fatality Review Team ng Snohomish County ay hinihimok ng paniniwala na ang overdose na pagkamatay ay maiiwasan. Sinisikap naming mas maunawaan ang mga overdose na pagkamatay upang magamit namin ang impormasyong iyon para maiwasan ang mga ito.\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3872","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Overdose Fatality Review - Snohomish Overdose Prevention<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Explore Snohomish County&#039;s Overdose Fatality Review process, prevention strategies, data findings, and efforts to prevent future overdose deaths.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/snohomishoverdoseprevention.com\/tl\/overdose-fatality-review\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Overdose Fatality Review - 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