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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824984803321

Titolo

Impact of the global medical supply chain on SNS operations and communications : proceedings of a workshop / / Alison Mack, rapporteur

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : The National Academies Press, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

0-309-47777-8

0-309-47775-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 61 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

352.67

Soggetti

Emergency management - United States

Medical supplies - United States - Management

Disaster medicine - United States - Management

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Acronyms and abbreviations -- Introduction, background, and context -- Gaps in the global medical supply chain -- Delivering the assets : supply chain issues between the SNS and state and local public health -- Strategic communication and the SNS : perspectives on needs and resources -- Reviewing challenges and potential opportunities -- References -- Appendixes

Sommario/riassunto

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) with a focus on procuring and managing medical countermeasures (MCM) designed to address chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear events and attacks by weapons of mass destruction. The stockpile is a repository of antibiotics, chemical antidotes, antitoxins, vaccines, antiviral drugs, and other medical material organized to respond to a spectrum of public health threats. Over time, the mission of the SNS has informally evolved to address other large-scale catastrophes, such as hurricanes or outbreaks of pandemic disease, and rare acute events, such as earthquakes or terror attacks. When disaster strikes, states can request



deployment of SNS assets to augment resources available to state, local, tribal, or territorial public health agencies. CDC works with federal, state, and local health officials to identify and address their specific needs and, according to the stated mission of the SNS, ensure that the right resources reach the right place at the right time"--