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Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Point of Dispensing (POD) Overview/Training

Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Point of Dispensing (POD) Overview/Training. SNS POD Background Information. Public-Private Partnerships: What is in it for Business?.

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Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Point of Dispensing (POD) Overview/Training

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  1. Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Point of Dispensing (POD) Overview/Training

  2. SNS POD Background Information

  3. Public-Private Partnerships: What is in it for Business? Recent catastrophic events have made it clear that government cannot do it alone. Business can assist with the preparation, response, and recovery process. Private industry controls 85% of critical infrastructure and Business wants to be part of the solution. Businesses are part of the Community! Businesses have business continuity plans but they also understand they need to assist with community continuity plans: SNS, hurricanes, earthquakes, Pan Flu.

  4. SNS POD Overview/Training

  5. Objectives • Define Strategic National Stockpile; Point of Dispensing; RSS • Provide a brief History of SNS • Explain the role of _______in Mass Dispensing • Explain Closed POD Operations

  6. Strategic National Stockpile Medical supplies, drugs, and equipment in quantities large enough to protect the public in an emergency severe enough to deplete local resources.

  7. Strategic National Stockpile Components • 12 Hour Push Package • Managed Inventory

  8. 1. 2. State Requests Federal Assistance Need for Drugs and Medical Supplies Exceeds Local & State Resources 3. Director of CDC Deploys SNS Assets 4. How SNS Assets are Deployed Augments Local/State Medical Materiel Resources Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) In Consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Health (ASH), Secretary HHS, HHS Office of Emergency Preparedness (OEP), FEMA and the FBI

  9. RSS • Receiving • Staging • Storing

  10. What is a Point of Dispensing (POD)? A site where medications or vaccines intended to prevent disease may be given quicklyto a large numberof people in the event of a public health emergency. • They are NOT Hospitals! Hospitals will need to be available to care for those who are already ill or symptomatic. Dispensing Sites are NOT for those who are sick.

  11. Modalities of Dispensing • Pull vs. Push • Traditional points of dispensing (POD) are cornerstone (Pull) • Alternate modalities to complement PODs (Push) • Postal Plan – buys time, allows sheltering in place • MedKit – at home kits • Pre-deployed community caches for large populations • Closed PODS

  12. On-site at your facility Not open to general public* Ensures continuity of government Protects employees and their families Helps relieve pressure on Public PODS Plays an active role in your community’s response How a Closed POD Works

  13. POD Structure Security POD Support Intake Screening Dispensing Exit POD Support Education

  14. Roles & Responsibilities

  15. Next Steps

  16. Additional Training Information • ICS Independent Study Classes (ICS 100.a, 200.a, 700.a, and 800.b) • http://training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp • The POD Game • http://www.thepodgame.com/play.html

  17. Questions

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