Antivirals for Pandemic Influenza Guidance on Developing a Distribution and Dispensing Program (2008) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix B: State Plans
Appendix B: State Plans
Pages 99-106
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presentations at the committee's information gathering meetings and from the Institute of Medicine staff's search of the World Wide Web. State Plans for Mass Dispensing of Prophylaxis State public health agencies have a wide variety of plans and activities for the distribution of antivirals.
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public health emergency preparedness grants to develop antiviral distribution plans as part of their priority projects for the year (IOM, 2007)
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will identify community partners that would be appropriate and willing to dispense this medication with out charge and to comply with other stipulations set forth by DHSS and the CDC regarding the distribution of subsidized medications. Partners could include hospital pharmacies, retail pharmacies, health care pro viders, and other facilities with appropriate storage facilities, hours of operation, and staff to dispense the medication.
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Because it has not yet created a dispensing plan separate from the SNS plan, it expects to make this one of its Priority Projects for the CDC Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreement. To distribute the state stockpile of antivirals when a pandemic has been declared it plans to push them out to pre-determined local health department locations based on population.
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Most state-stockpiled antivirals will go to the hospitals. The state public health agency is reviewing local county plans to ensure they are feasible and to determine if antivirals should be pushed to local health departments as would be the case in the SNS plan.
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The department has identified more than 300 sites for antiviral distribution for treatment of staff, patients, and the public. These sites include hospitals, nursing homes, home health care agencies, and community health centers.
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2008. Supplemental information for IOM: State antiviral distribution plans.
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