SNS Webinars

"The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report on Prepositioning of Antibiotics for Anthrax; Next Steps for Local Public Health" webinar took place on November 7, 2011, from 11 AM to noon, EST.

Presenters:

• Robert Bass, Executive Director of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems and chair of the IOM Committee on Prepositioned Medical Countermeasures for the Public.
  

• Herminia Palacio, Executive Director of the Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services (TX) and member of the IOM Committee on Prepositioned Medical Countermeasures for the Public.

Meeting Description:
This webinar reviews the recently-released IOM report, Prepositioning Antibiotics for Anthrax. At the request of the Department of Health and Human Services office of the assistant secretary for preparedness and response, the IOM convened a committee to inform the use of strategies for prepositioning antibiotics for protection against an anthrax attack. 

The webinar highlights the various implications of prepositioning strategies for local, state, and tribal health departments.

Learning Objectives:

• Explain different types of prepositioning strategies and benefits, costs, and tradeoffs associated with each.
  

• Explore how to use the decision-aiding framework to determine which prepositioning strategies, if any, would be appropriate for a particular community.
   

• Understand the committee's recommendations for state, local, and tribal public health departments and consider next steps for local public health officials.

This NACCHO Preparedness Prep-inar is free to local health jurisdictions and other interested parties.

The webinar is available in two formats:

Audio and video

Audio only

Click here for the slide presentation

When: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 1–2 PM, ET

Presenters:

Jeffery Herrmann, PhD; University of Maryland

Rachel Abbey, MPH; Maryland Department of Health and Human Services 

Liz Ticer, PBH; Johnson County (Kansas) Health Department

Goal: To provide state and local SNS planners with information about electronic solutions for streamlining POD processes

Audience: This presentation is intended for state and local SNS and preparedness planners, emergency managers, public health professionals, state and local public health pharmacists, CRI coordinators and planners, emergency preparedness managers and planners, closed POD partners, and others who may be involved in MCM dispensing activities.

To join the Microsoft® Office Live Meeting, log in to https://www.mymeetings.com/nc/join and enter conference number RW8182159 with audience passcode 498558. To listen to the audio portion, call 1-888-790-4503 and enter participant passcode 498558 (limited to the first 350).

For more information please click here (PDF).