A model "go-kit" for use at Strategic National Stockpile Points of Dispensing.
The Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) is a national repository of pharmaceuticals and other medical supplies forseeably needed during a medical disaster. In the event of SNS deployment, state and local public health authorities must be prepared to receive, distribute, and dispense the materials. We propose a cache of supplies, termed the "POD go-kit," prepared in advance and locally available prior to the establishment of Points of Dispensing (POD) for SNS material. Characteristics of the preassembled go-kit are its multiplicity of use, ease of storage and transportation, minimal redundancy with SNS material, and packaging in a manner consistent with POD function. The POD go-kit is assembled into 4 separate "subkits": administrative supplies, patient routing supplies, dispensing supplies, and POD staff protection supplies. Incorporating existing practices from the SNS Listserv, this article itemizes the contents of the POD go-kit and its subkits and provides a rationale for its packaging. The Division of Strategic National Stockpile (DSNS) has not certified the proposed "POD go-kit" as a standardized POD go-kit.
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Larissa
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Department of Emergency Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, USA. larissa@gwu.edu
Cote
Timothy
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Hardeman
Bernard
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Gonzalez
Gabriela R
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Adams
Sherry B
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Blair
Roderick K
RK
Pane
Gregg
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D004190:Disasters; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D014481:United States
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations