Medical Countermeasure Dispensing Sample Clauses

Medical Countermeasure Dispensing. 5. Medical Materiel Management & Distribution For a complete list of all 15 public health preparedness capabilities, visit xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/cpr/readiness/capabilities.htm. KEY CHALLENGE KEY STRENGTH Medical Countermeasure Readiness: Ensuring that medicine and supplies get to those who need them most during an emergency. Expanded breadth of partnerships with communities and support of response agencies Incomplete plans for prophylaxis of Receipt, State, Store staff States, territories, and localities are required to develop emergency plans covering children, pregnant women, and other vulnerable populations. Population 2017 Households included children 37% Respondents who know they are pregnant 4% Respondents 65 or older 20% Respondents who reported having diabetes 9% Respondents who reported a condition that limits activities — Respondents who reported a health problem that required the use of specialized equipment — PHEP funds support staff who have expertise in many differen PHEP-Funded Staff t areas.2017 CDC Field Staff 4 Educators 1 Epidemiologists 3 Health Professionals 15 Laboratorians 10 Other Staff 3 PHEP Program–Key Performance Measure Results In an emergency, it is critical that staff can meet quickly to plan for, lead, and manage a public health response. Public health staff serve as Incident Commanders, Public Information Officers, Planning Section Chiefs, Operations Section Chiefs, and other response roles. Emergency Operations Coordination 2015 2016 2017 Laboratory Response Network biological (LRN-B) and PulseNet labs rapidly identify and notify CDC of potential biological health threats to minimize disease outbreaks. CDC manages the LRN-B, a group of public health labs with testing capabilities to detect and confirm biological health threats. CDC also manages PulseNet, a national network of labs that analyzes and connects foodborne illness cases together to identify outbreak sources. Current number of LRN-B public health labs: 1 Number of minutes for public health staff with incident management lead roles to report for immediate duty

Medical Countermeasure Dispensing. 6. Medical Materiel Management & Distribution For a complete list of all 15 public health preparedness capabilities, visit xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/cpr/readiness/capabilities.htm. KEY CHALLENGE KEY STRENGTH Medical Countermeasure Readiness: Ensuring that medicine and supplies get to those who need them most during an emergency. Newly established Emergency Operations Center in a hospital setting Lack of site-specific dispensing plans PHEP funds support staf f who have expertise in many different areas. PHEP-Funded Staff 2017 CDC Field Staff 2 Educators 2 Epidemiologists — Health Professionals — Laboratorians — Other Staff 5 2017 2016 2015 Emergency Operations Coordination In an emergency, it is critical that staff can meet quickly to plan for, lead, and manage a public health response. Public health staff serve as Incident Commanders, Public Information Officers, Planning Section Chiefs, Operations Section Chiefs, and other response roles. Conducted call-down drills to document the ability to contact responders to activate the emergency operations center Yes Yes Yes CS 299046_B For more information on CDC’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program, visit

Medical Countermeasure Dispensing. Objective: Maintain ability to provide medical countermeasures (including vaccines, antiviral drugs, antibiotics, antitoxin, and any others needed.) in support of treatment or prophylaxis (oral or vaccination) to the identified population in accordance with public health guidelines and/or recommendations.

Medical Countermeasure Dispensing. For a complete list of all 15 public health preparedness capabilities, visit xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/phpr/readiness/capabilities.htm. Medical Countermeasure Readiness: Ensuring that medicine and supplies get to those who need them most during an emergency. KEY STRENGTH KEY CHALLENGE Partner engagement Lack of site-specific planning for receiving, staging, and storage sites and points of dispensing PHEP funds support staff who have expertise in many different PHEP-Funded Staff areas. CDC Field Staff 2 Educators — Epidemiologists — Laboratorians — Other Staff 4 2016 2015 2014 Emergency Operations Coordination In an emergency, it is critical that staff can meet quickly to plan for, lead, and manage a public health response. Public health staff serve as Incident Commanders, Public Information Officers, Planning Section Chiefs, Operations Section Chiefs, and other response roles. Conducted call-down drills to document the ability to contact responders to activate the emergency operations center Yes Yes Yes CS 280310-C For more information on CDC’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program, visit

Medical Countermeasure Dispensing. 5. Medical Materiel Management & Distribution For a complete list of all 15 public health preparedness capabilities, visit xxxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/cpr/readiness/capabilities.htm. KEY CHALLENGE KEY STRENGTH Medical Countermeasure Readiness: Ensuring that medicine and supplies get to those who need them most during an emergency. Expanded breadth of partnerships with communities and support of response agencies Incomplete plans for prophylaxis of Receipt, State, Store staff States, territories, and localities are required to develop emergency plans covering children, pregnant women, and other vulnerable populations. Population 2017 Households included children 37% Respondents who know they are pregnant 4% Respondents 65 or older 20% Respondents who reported having diabetes 9% Respondents who reported a condition that limits activities — Respondents who reported a health problem that required the use of specialized equipment — PHEP funds support staff who have expertise in many different areas. PHEP-Funded Staff 2017 CDC Field Staff 4 Educators 1 Epidemiologists 3 Laboratorians 10 Other Staff 3 PHEP PROGRAM–KEY PERFORMANCE MEASURE RESULTS 2017 2016 2015 Emergency Operations Coordination In an emergency, it is critical that staff can meet quickly to plan for, lead, and manage a public health response. Public health staff serve as Incident Commanders, Public Information Officers, Planning Section Chiefs, Operations Section Chiefs, and other response roles. Number of minutes for public health staff with incident management lead roles to report for immediate duty

Medical Countermeasure Dispensing. Definition: Medical countermeasure dispensing is the ability to provide medical countermeasures (including vaccines, antiviral drugs, antibiotics, antitoxin, etc.) in support of treatment or prophylaxis (oral or vaccination) to the identified population in accordance with public health guidelines and/or recommendations. Function 1: Identify and initiate medical countermeasure dispensing strategies. Task 1: Prior to an incident, and if applicable during an incident, engage subject matter experts (e.g., epidemiology, laboratory, radiological, chemical, and biological) including federal partners, to determine what medical countermeasures are best suited and available for the incidents most likely to occur based on jurisdictional risk assessment. P1: (Priority) Written plans should include standard operating procedures that provide guidance to identify the medical countermeasures required for the incident or potential incident. P2: Written plans should be developed by jurisdictional level, multidisciplinary planning groups who meet on a regular basis and contain representatives who would respond during a public health or emergency incident.

Medical Countermeasure Dispensing. Definition: Medical countermeasure dispensing is the ability to provide medical countermeasures (including vaccines, antiviral drugs, antibiotics, antitoxin, etc.) in support of treatment or prophylaxis (oral or vaccination) to the identified population in accordance with public health guidelines and/or recommendations. Budget Period Short Term Goal: Goal 1. ADHS, County, and Xxxxxx partners will meet quarterly to share best practices and lessons learned from Exercises for the rapid dispensing of medical countermeasures during a public health emergency. Collaborative review will occur during the Arizona Local Public Health Emergency Response Association (ALPHERA) and Regional Coalition meetings. By the end of BP2, all County, State, and Xxxxxx plans will have been reviewed in their entirety. Goal 2. Coordination between SNS Coordinator and epidemiological staff will streamline the incorporation of investigation data into the SNS request process. Develop or Update Medical Countermeasure Dispensing Plans Written plans should include: standard operating procedures that provide guidance to identify the medical countermeasures required for the incident or potential incident; protocols to request, receive, distribute, dispense, and manage medical countermeasures within 48 hours of request. Planning should include all memoranda of understandings or other letters of agreement with state/local/tribal partners; and written agreements (e.g., memoranda of agreement, memoranda of understanding, mutual aid agreements or other letters of agreement) to share resources, facilities, services, and other potential support required during the medical countermeasure dispensing activities. Update/ revise SNS Plans based upon training improvements, quarterly meeting notes, identified threats and regional risk assessments, partner involvement and post plans onto ADHS Health Service Portal.

Medical Countermeasure Dispensing. 1. The Grantee shall conduct one full-scale or functional exercise, which tests key components of the Grantee’s mass prophylaxis/dispensing plans, and includes all pertinent jurisdictional leadership and emergency support function leads, planning and operational staff, and other applicable personnel, by April 15, 2016.

Medical Countermeasure Dispensing. Function 1: Identify and initiate medical countermeasure dispensing strategies Function 2: Receive medical countermeasures Responsibilities for this function are fulfilled by OPHD through the RSS. Function 3: Activate dispensing modalities Function 4: Dispense medical countermeasures to identified population Task 1: LPHA plans will describe how medical countermeasure dispensing will occur in their jurisdiction. Performance Measure 8.1: LPHA will provide plans and procedures that describe distribution and dispensing modalities sufficient to provide medical countermeasures to the entire population in 48 hours and that adhere to security requirements in Performance Measure 9.2. Performance Measure 8.2: LPHA will provide copies of written agreements with facilities necessary for medical countermeasures dispensing, and/or a written process by which each facility identified as a dispensing location will be acquired for use when needed. Performance Measure 8.3: LPHA will provide procedures and protocols that provide for multiple distribution / dispensing modalities. These may include but are not limited to: • Traditional public health operated (i.e. open points of dispensing) • Private organizations (e.g., closed points of dispensing) • Pharmacies • Provider offices and clinics • Military/tribal • First responders • Incarcerated population • Other special needs populations • Other jurisdictionally approved dispensing modalities Performance Measure 8.4: LPHA will provide procedures for dispensing/distribution modalities that describe: • Dispensing site names/identifiers • Demand estimate (number of people planning to visit the site) • Required throughput (in 48 hours) • Staff required to operate one shift • Number of shifts of distinct staff Function 5: Report adverse events Task 1. LPHA shall maintain adverse event reporting policy and procedure (VAERS). Performance Measure 8.5: LPHA will provide procedures that detail how adverse events will be tracked in a medical countermeasures dispensing incident.