hospital preparedness & training for a hospital response to a public health emergency
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Provided the original funds to prepare & respond to biological (i.e. smallpox/anthrax) & chemical attacks. Assisted the department with preparedness planning for a public health emergency. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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• Provided the original funds to prepare & respond to biological (i.e. smallpox/anthrax) & chemical attacks.
• Assisted the department with preparedness planning for a public health emergency.
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• Resulted in the development of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) that within 24 hours may be deployed delivering 50 tons of medical supplies & medications to a Local Health Department (LHD) for treatment of the affected population.
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Increases the capacity of the county to respond to a public health emergency by locating Points of Dispensing (POD) sites that may be utilized in a public health emergency. - PODs may be used as mass clinics to dispense vaccines, provide mass prophylaxis, or for treatment.
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The Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) funded by a Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) grant.
• Hospital preparedness & training for a hospital response to a Public Health emergency.
• The purchase of response equipment: Decontamination equipment, Powered Air Purifying Respirators (PAPRs), protective suits, surge tents, & other equipment needed by hospitals to respond to an emergency.
This program requires:
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• Training: Hospital Emergency Incident Command System (HEICS), Weapons of Mass Destruction, Decontamination, etc.
• Participation in Table Top Exercises (TTXs) & Functional Exercises with Public Health.
This program requires:
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• A County Pandemic Influenza Response Plan
• Pandemic Influenza training to create awareness of Pandemic Influenza
• Continuity Planning to respond to a Pandemic Influenza incident
Requires:
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• pandemicflu.gov• cdc.gov• sbcounty.gov/pubhlth• sbcounty.gov/pubhlth/prepandresponse
For more information, please call the Preparedness and Response Program at: (909) 387-6280 or (800) 782-4264
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