Transcript Connecticut Strategic National Stockpile and Dispensing Program April 30, 2009

Connecticut
Strategic National Stockpile and
Dispensing Program
April 30, 2009
Leonard H. Guercia, Jr.
Operations Branch Chief
Department of Public Health
What Is the
Strategic National Stockpile or SNS ?
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National Repository :
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Antibiotics
Antidotes
Antitoxins
Life-support medications
IV administration
Airway maintenance supplies
Medical/surgical supplies
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What the Strategic National
Stockpile Is Not
√ Not a first response
√ Supplements Local and State Resources
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Push Package:
√ Ill-defined threat
√ 50 Tons, 15,000 square feet
√ ≤12-hour delivery after CDC
agrees to deploy
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Push Package:
√ Ill-defined threat
√ 50 Tons, 15,000 square feet
√ ≤12-hour delivery after CDC
agrees to deploy
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Who requests the SNS?
Governor / SEOC
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WHEN does State request SNS?
• Overt Release of an Agent
• Unusual Morbidity and/or Mortality
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• Local Resources are Insufficient or
Depleted
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RSS Warehouse
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