Recommended infrastructure standards for mass antibiotic dispensing /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: RAND Health, Center for Domestic and International Health Security, United States. Department of Health and Human Services
Other Authors: Nelson, Christopher D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Health, 2008.
Series:Technical report (Rand Corporation)
Subjects:
United States. > Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act.
Epidemics > United States.
Emergency management > United States.
Antibiotics.
Anti-Bacterial Agents > supply & distribution
Disease Outbreaks > prevention & control
Mass Casualty Incidents > prevention & control
Disaster Planning > standards
Civil Defense > standards
Épidémies > États-Unis.
Antibiotics
Emergency management
Epidemics
United States
Statistics
Technical Report
Statistics.
Statistiques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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