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POINTS OF DISTRIBUTION (PODS) AND THE STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE

EDM412 Emergency Healthcare Logistics in Disasters Module 4 SLP

POINTS OF DISTRIBUTION (PODS) AND THE STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE

Assignment: You are a new employee at your county Emergency Management Agency (EMA).  Your county suffers a devastating earthquake, knocking out the power grid and causing widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure.  It is also at the peak of the regular influenza season.  You are assigned as your agency’s liaison to the County Public Health Department (PHD). Unfortunately, your county EMA and PHD have a history of “working in silos.”  However, in this emergency, you are going to need to work together in order to serve the population.  As your first task, you are asked to prepare documentation for the EMA team, to help educate those that have limited knowledge about public health and disasters.

Explain the items below separately:

1. Explain the purposes of both the Strategic National Stockpile and Points of Dispensing.
2. Explain the relationship between the Strategic National Stockpile and Points of Dispensing
3. Review some of the considerations with the planning and implementation of PODs to include (but not limited to):
   • Staffing
   • Just-in-Time training
   • Pre-planning for stockpile sites
   • 12 hour push package

Background Required Reading & Websites:

Alameda County. (2012). Points of dispensing: Just in time training videos 1-10. Retrieved from http://www.acphd.org/phep/podtraining.aspx

Carbon County Public Health (2014) Point of dispensing operations. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgXXVMp51FU

DHHS (n.d). BARDA strategic plan: 2011-1016. Retrieved from https://www.phe.gov/about/barda/Documents/barda-strategic-plan.pdf

FEMA (2016) Emergency Support Function (ESF) #8, National Response Framework. (read Coordination for obtaining, assembling, and delivering medical equipment and supplies to the incident area.) Retrieved from https://www.fema.gov/media-library-data/1470149644671-642ccad05d19449d2d13b1b0952328ed/ESF_8_Public_Health_Medical_20160705_508.pdf

Hernandez, I., Ramirez-Marquez, J.E., Starr, D., McKay, R., Guthartz, S., . . . Barcellona, J. (2015). Optimal staffing strategies for points of dispensing. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 83, 172-183. Available at Trident Online Library.

Khan, S. & Richter, A. (2012). Dispensing mass prophylaxis — The search for the perfect solution. Homeland Security Affairs 8(3). Retrieved from https://www.hsaj.org/articles/206

Oregon Public Health Division (2012) Mass prophylaxis point of dispensing (POD) field operation guide. Retrieved from http://www.acphd.org/phep/podtraining.aspx

Paul, J. A., & Hariharan, G. (2012). Location-allocation planning of stockpiles for effective disaster mitigation. Annals of Operations Research, 196(1) 469-490. Available at Trident Online Library.

Potter, M.A., Brown, S.T., Lee, B.Y., Grefenstette, J., Keane, C.R., Lin, C.J., . . .Burke, D.S. (2012). Preparedness for pandemics: Does variation among states affect the nation as a whole? Journal of Public Health Management Practice, 18(3), 233-240. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3758226/ . Read “Discussions and Limitations” and “Conclusions.”

Rebman, T., Loux, T.M., Zink, T.K., Swick, Z., & Wakefield, M.(2015). Infection prevention and mass vaccination training for U.S. point of dispensing staff and volunteers: A national study. American Journal of Infection Control, 43, 222-227. Available at Trident Online Library.

CDC 12 Hour Push Package. https://www.cdc.gov/phpr/stockpile/pushpackage.htm

CDC Strategic National Stockpile. https://www.cdc.gov/phpr/stockpile/index.htm

Government Response to Coronavirus, COVID-19. https://www.usa.gov/coronavirus