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Course Overview |
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Mass Antibiotic Dispensing: Alternate Methods
Course Number WD1307
A Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) and
Public Health Training Network Satellite Broadcast and Webcast
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Continuing Education (CE) Credit now available
Originally aired August 03, 2006
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As operational planning for a mass prophylaxis campaign continues to evolve, CDC’s Division of Strategic National Stockpile
documents and shares best practices from the field through this Mass Antibiotic Dispensing broadcast series. This program, the
sixth in the Mass Antibiotic Dispensing series, focuses on giving planners ideas for alternate methods of providing prophylaxis to
their populations in an emergency. Continuing Education Credit (CEC) improves viewer-ship and provides an outlet for program evaluation.
State and local SNS planners have suggested that it may not be possible to provide prophylaxis to the entire community in 48 hours using only the traditional Point of Dispensing (POD) model. Alternate methods of dispensing, such as using drive-through dispensing or pushing medications to businesses, nursing homes, or assisted living facilities, may be necessary in addition to PODs. This program describes several alternate methods of dispensing that planners can consider as they develop their comprehensive dispensing plans. Planners from state and local public health agencies will discuss the alternate dispensing methods they have devised and exercised in their communities. Subject Matter Experts identify the challenges and opportunities associated with pushing medication to large employers in the community or delivering medication to sheltered-in populations, such as those in nursing care or assisted living facilities.
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Goal
To assist state and local SNS planners to develop a comprehensive approach
to mass antibiotic dispensing that they can implement in their communities.
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Objectives
Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be able to:
- Describe five mass antibiotic dispensing modalities
- Define push versus pull method of mass antibiotic dispensing
- List two push modes of mass antibiotic dispensing
- Identify two issues associated with dispensing antibiotics to large employers
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Target Audience
This broadcast is designed for the state and local Strategic
National Stockpile planners, terrorism planners,
and health departments.
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Presenters
Richard Besser, MD, Director, Coordinating Office for
Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
Ruth Thornburg, MA, MS,
Public Information and Communication Specialist,
Division of Strategic National Stockpile, Coordinating Office of Terrorism
Preparedness and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Continuing Education
To register for continuing education: 1.5 CNE units (available for nurses) and .15 CEU (for other professionals), visit
CDC/ATSDR Training and Continuing Education Online at http://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/ and select Course Number: WD1307.
CE Expiration Date: 1/28/2011
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Webcast
To view the webcast, visit
http://www2.cdc.gov/PHTN/webcast/antibiotic6/default.asp.
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Visit the PHTN website at http://www2.cdc.gov/phtn
for further information about this program and other distance learning
events.
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PHTN Home Page
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This page last reviewed: February 7, 2008
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