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20230230

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-3-16
pubmed:abstractText
Points of dispensing (PODs) are vital for responding to events that require mass chemoprophylaxis, such as bioterrorist attacks or pandemic influenza. This article evaluates the operational success of a large-scale dispensing drill for first responders and first receivers, focusing on differences in functioning of PODs by practice discipline and POD model. PODs were operated by either first responders (EMS, fire, or police) or first receivers (hospitals). Facilities could operate a centralized POD model, a decentralized POD model, or a combination, or "hybrid," model. Evaluation consisted of having evaluators at every POD, conducting a survey of POD individuals, and reviewing retrospectively the medications dispensed during the drill. Throughput counts, satisfaction with POD functioning, and errors in medication dispensing at each site are reported by practice discipline and facility model. During the drill, 23 PODs successfully processed more than 4,000 individuals. Centralized PODs and first responder facilities had faster throughput times than hybrid and hospital facilities, but hospital facilities had a lower incidence of medication error. Nominal differences in patient satisfaction were found. Assessing a combination of throughput, medical errors, and patient satisfaction with first responders and first receivers as points of dispensing can provide valuable insight into the feasibility of providing chemoprophylaxis to first responders and first receivers in advance of POD operations for the general public.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1557-850X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
25-35
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
A large-scale points-of-dispensing exercise for first responders and first receivers in Nassau County, New York.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, 1010 North Kansas, Wichita, KS 67214-3199, USA. eablah@kumc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.