ISBN:
9780833060068
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0833060066
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Technical report
DDC:
614.4273
Keywords:
United States
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United States
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Antibiotics
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Epidemics
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Emergency management
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Antibiotics
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Epidemics
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Emergency management
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Anti-Bacterial Agents supply & distribution
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Disease Outbreaks prevention & control
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Civil Defense standards
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Disaster Planning standards
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Mass Casualty Incidents prevention & control
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United States
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Emergency management
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Epidemics
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Antibiotics
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United States
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Electronic books
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Statistics
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Technical Report
Abstract:
Since 2001, the U.S. government has spent more than 7 billion dollars 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
Note:
"Sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services and was carried out within the RAND Health Center for Domestic and International Health Security
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Includes bibliographical references
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