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2020

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2021

2025

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Naloxone Kit, Ventizolve

This is a naloxone kit. It was designed by ANTI (A New Type of Interference) and Dne Pharma AS. It is dated 2020. Its medium is plastic, pharmaceutical substances. It is a part of the department.

Ventizolve is a portable device for treating opioid overdoses with naloxone. A bystander can insert the applicator into the nostril of a person who has overdosed. Ventizolve embraces a harm-reduction (rather than criminalization) approach to the opioid pandemic.

It is credited Courtesy of ANTI.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 11 × 7.5 × 3.5 cm (4 5/16 × 2 15/16 × 1 3/8 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics.

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