3 Days 4 Days
62% 54%
78% 69%
83% 76
92%
97% 94%
5 Days 6 Days 7 Days 45% 36% 28% 59% 49% 39% 65% 54% 43% 71% 60% 49% 76% 66% 54% 81% 72% 60% 86% 77% 66% 89% 82% 72%
Points of Dispensing (PODs)
PODs are simply pre-identified sites where drugs are dispensed or administered to the affected population.
PODs are predetermined by the County Health Department and the local Emergency Operations Center.
Or Them?
Could This Happen, Again?
What If Anthrax Was Dusted on Boca Center or The Gardens Mall?
PB County Health Department Plan
In the Anthrax episode of October 2001, Palm Beach County requested assistance from the CDC’s Strategic National Stockpile
The number of PODs is dictated by the magnitude of the event and the number of support staff available.
DURATION
of Campaign 10 Days 7 Days 6 Days 5 Days 4 Days 3 Days 2 Days
1 Day
DELAY in Initiation
Immed. 1 Day 2 Days 84% 78% 71% 95% 91% 85% 97% 94% 89% 98% 96% 92% 99% 98% 95% 100% 99% 97% 100% 99% 98% 100% 100% 99%
We will need 45 Points of Dispensing (PODs) with 5,400 volunteers.
Each POD will have to dispense meds at the rate of 625 people per hour.
Anthrax Exposure: Proportion of Population Saved
Other Components - Managed Inventory (MI)
Large quantities of specific items to combat one or more specific threats.
The MI provides shipments of large and continuous quantities once the threat is known.
MI shipments will arrive in the state within 24- 36 hours of an approved request.
August 2005: CDC Designates PB County As A CRI County
As a Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) Area we must provide preventative medication to our entire population of about 1.3 million people, in 48 hours.
Antibiotics (Cipro) were provided from CDC’s Strategic National Stockpile and Vendor Managed Inventory
In A Biological Emergency the Strategic National Stockpile Will Be Activated
The Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) is: Prepackaged medical materials Pre-positioned by CDC To augment state/local medical needs Responds to a wide range of expected problems associated with a chemical and/or biological incident/event.
Components of Strategic National Stockpile - 12 hour push package
(Phase I) Contains large quantities of
antibiotics, antidotes, medical supplies, and equipment to immediately treat or provide antibiotics or preventative medication to thousands of affected or symptomatic individuals
Mass Antibiotics Dispensing
At Residential Associations And Home Owners Associations As Points of Dispensing
Palm Beach County Health Department Office of Emergency Preparedness