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Requesting Strategic National Stockpile

Requesting Strategic National Stockpile. November 2013. Goal. Identify components of Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Ensure understanding of the process of requesting/receiving SNS . Division of Strategic National Stockpile.

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Requesting Strategic National Stockpile

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  1. Requesting Strategic National Stockpile November 2013

  2. Goal • Identify components of Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) • Ensure understanding of the process of requesting/receiving SNS

  3. Division of Strategic National Stockpile • The mission of the DSNS is to deliver critical medical assets to the site of a national emergency. The DSNS stands ready for immediate deployment to any U.S. location in the event of an terrorist attack, or a natural or technological disaster. • Stockpile elements that DSNS maintains include: • 12-hour Push Packages • Managed Inventory • Federal Medical Stations • Other Medical Resources through a Rapid Procurement System • Technical Assistance to State and Project Areas.

  4. What would justify SNS? • CBRNE event – chemical, biological, radioactive, nuclear, or explosive • Medical emergency brought on by natural disaster • Information from intelligence or law enforcement • Clinical, lab or epidemiological indications • Unexplainable increase in emergency medical service requests • Unexplainable increase in antibiotic prescriptions or OTC medication use

  5. What is Maintained in the Cache? • A variety of medical resources which includes: • Federal Medical Stations • Antibiotics (oral and IV) • Vaccines, antivirals, antitoxins • Chemical Antidotes • Personal Protective Equipment • Portable Ventilators • Wound care supplies • Items for radiation, burns, and blast • IV administration supplies • Airway management supplies (pediatric/adult)

  6. * An emergency declaration must be made before activation of the stockpile.

  7. SNS Summary of Responsibilities

  8. Hospitals and Medical Centers • Establish communications. • Assess your needs! Request ONLY when it is anticipated resources will be exhausted and cannot be procured locally. • Request capabilities, not specific items or drugs unless absolutely necessary. • Track utilization of assets. • Provide information upon request to local EOC/ECC.

  9. Questions?

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