Medical countermeasures dispensing : emergency use authorization and the postal model : workshop summary / Clare Stroud, Lori Nadig, and Bruce M. Altevogt, rapporteurs ; Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events ; Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.

"During public health emergencies such as terrorist attacks or influenza outbreaks, the public health system's ability to save lives could depend on dispensing medical countermeasures such as antibiotics, antiviral medications, and vaccines to a large number of people in a short amount of...

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Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events
Other Authors: Stroud, Clare, Nadig, Lori, Altevogt, Bruce M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2010.
Series:Online access: NCBI NCBI Bookshelf.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Medical countermeasures distribution and dispensing in response to the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic
  • Emergency use authorization
  • The postal model
  • Conclusion.