The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a planning guide designed to help State, county, and local officials meet Federal requirements to prepare for a public health emergency.
AHRQ's Community-Based Mass Prophylaxis: A Planning Guide for Public Health Preparedness, developed by researchers at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, provides an overview of the five components of a mass prophylaxis response to epidemic outbreaks:
Sections of the planning guide focus on planning and conducting dispensing operations using specially-designated dispensing centers, and on describing the implementation of a comprehensive operational structure for Dispensing/Vaccination Centers (DVCs) based on the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
The planning guide can also be downloaded as a Word® or PDF file. Your browser may support downloading the planning guide from this page by using the links below. Right click on the link and then select "Save Target As" (Internet Explorer) or "Save Link As" (Netscape®).
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Printed copies are available by contacting AHRQ's Publications Clearinghouse at 1-800-358-9295 or by sending an E-mail to ahrqpubs@ahrq.gov.
This planning guide is one of more than 50 studies, workshops, conferences, and other activities funded under the Agency's bioterrorism research portfolio. AHRQ sponsors research that provides the evidence base for tools and resources needed in bioterrorism planning and response. For more information, go to: www.ahrq.gov/browse/bioterbr.htm.
Current as of September 2004
Internet Citation:
Community-Based Mass Prophylaxis: A Planning Guide for Public Health Preparedness. September 2004. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/cbmprophyl/cbmpro.htm
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