Public Health Practices January BRIEF - Cities Readiness Initiative projects

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ENHANCING EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

January 2013 BRIEF

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In this issue:

Innovative Cities Readiness Initiative projects

Photo: Anthrax spores by Phil Moyer

Online screening

A Kansas county created an online screening system for prophylaxis to ensure eligibility and cut down on wait time at PODs. View Practice

POD partners
Utah counties used bank drive-thrus to dispense countermeasures during an exercise. View Practice

Countermeasure delivery

Chesapeake, VA, exercised residential delivery of countermeasures using school buses and a fleet of volunteers. View Practice

Closed sites

Minneapolis created tools to help CBOs dispense countermeasures to staff and clients. View Practice

Public-private agreements

A Nevada health agency developed ways for resorts to distribute SNS assets during an emergency. View Practice


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