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1 online resource. |
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Technical report |
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Technical report (Rand Corporation)
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Note |
Title from PDF cover. |
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"Sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services and was carried out within the RAND Health Center for Domestic and International Health Security." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
Since 2001, the U.S. government has spent more than $7 billion to enhance state and local preparedness for bioterrorism attacks, natural disasters, disease outbreaks, and other large-scale public health emergencies. A central component of this effort involves the ability to dispense antibiotics and other life-saving medical countermeasures to large populations under short timelines. This report presents recommended standards for points of dispensing (or PODs), locations where the public would receive life-saving antibiotics or other medical countermeasures during a large-scale public health emergency. The standards, which are designed to apply to widely divergent jurisdictions, rely on expert panel evaluations, current POD planning practices, and computer-modeled scenarios. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Approach to Standards Development -- Recommended Standards on the Number and Location of PODs -- Recommended Standards for Internal POD Operations -- Recommended Standards for POD Staffing -- Recommended Standards on POD Security -- Next Steps -- Appendix A: Instrument for Data Collection from CRI Sites -- Appendix B: List of Panelists -- Appendix C: Location Modeling and Analysis -- Appendix D: Modeling and Analysis of POD Operations and Staffing. |
Subject |
United States. Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act.
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Epidemics -- United States.
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Emergency management -- United States.
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Antibiotics.
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Anti-Bacterial Agents -- supply & distribution.
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Civil Defense -- standards.
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Disaster Planning -- standards.
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Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control.
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Mass Casualty Incidents -- prevention & control.
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United States.
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Genre/Form |
Technical Report.
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Statistics.
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Added Author |
Nelson, Christopher D.
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RAND Health.
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Center for Domestic and International Health Security.
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United States. Department of Health and Human Services.
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ISBN |
9780833060068 (electronic book) |
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0833060066 (electronic book) |
Report No. |
RAND/TR-553-DHHS |
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