Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) 2
Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) 2 : "The SNS is positioned in undisclosed locations throughout the United States and configured to provide a flexible response strategy. Included in the formulary are a dozen 12-hour Push Packages which contain over 50 tons of broad spectrum antibiotics and medical materiel. These assets are pre-configured in deployable containers and strategically located to enable rapid delivery to the site of a national emergency within 12 hours of the federal decision to deploy. The majority of the SNS formulary is maintained in managed inventory. Like the 12-hour Push Packages, these assets are also strategically located around the nation and provide the ability to configure and deliver significant quantities of pharmaceuticals and medical materiel as an initial response if the nature of the public health emergency is well defined, or as follow-on to a "push package" delivery. Delivery of assets from managed inventory are planned to begin arriving within 24 to 36 hours after the federal decision to deploy them. Quantities in the SNS change based on national planning guidance and prioritization, modeling scenarios, and standard inventory management procedures. Some of the contents of the national stockpile include: (1) Enough smallpox vaccine to protect 300 million people, or every man, woman, and child in America; (2) Over 41 million regimens of countermeasures against anthrax; (3) Therapeutic anthrax antitoxins to treat symptomatic patients; (4) Countermeasures to address radiation exposure including over 460,000 combined doses of Calcium-DTPA (Diethylenetriamine pentaacetate) and Zinc-DTPA; and (5) 1.7 million doses of liquid potassium iodide (KI) in a formulation that is more suitable for young children for use in the event of a release of radioiodines. "The SNS also has been increasing its supply of countermeasures that could be used during an influenza pandemic". (Trust for America's Health, Ready or Not? 2007. p. 22)
No records Found