Extended Medical Countermeasure Distribution and Dispensing Considerations for Anthrax Incidents

National Association of County and City Health Officials. 05/2017 This 52-page document outlines key topics, relevant resources, and current promising practices that state and local medical countermeasures (MCM) planners should consider when creating and implementing plans to transition emergency mass dispensing operations from the initial 10-day antibiotic distribution and dispensing effort to distributing and dispensing extended post-exposure prophylactic MCMs. It covers a range of distribution and dispensing topics, including maintaining essential functions, inventory management, tracking adverse events, and activation timelines. (PDF) Site requires free registration.

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - July 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news