Point of DispensingOperating a Medication CenterDave Owens

SNS CoordinatorWashington State Department of Health

Kathy ScottSNS Coordinator Oregon Health Services Department of Human Services

Points of Dispensing (POD)• What is a POD?

• A facility that is staffed to provide prophylactic medication or vaccine to people exposed to a biological agent.

POD Basics• POD management• Layout ,flow, signage

• Intake• Screening• Dispensing• Exit

• POD Support

POD ManagementPOD SupervisorPOD Supervisor

Facilities Team Lead

Education/ Forms Lead

Clinical Team LeadPOD Flow

Lead

POD Layout and Flow

Intake Screening Dispensing Exit

Unidirectional flow is critical

Public Entrance

   

Information 

and  

Waiting

Supply Receipt

Staff Entrance

 Data

CollectionStation

Supply Storage Area

 MedicationDispensing

  or

 Vaccination

Stations

Command Station

Behavioral HealthStation

   

Medical Screening Stations

Public Exit

POD Support Education Security

• Traffic control• Crowd control• Materials and staff

ARE YOU READY?Do you know what to do?What if you had been exposed?

This is a Exercise!• Scenario

• Twenty-four hours ago a note found in the lobby, stated terrorist had struck this complex.

• Laboratory analysis has confirmed the presence of anthrax spores in a sample delivered to the lab twelve hours ago.

• Everyone here has been exposed.

Who are you going to call?• Instructions

• Setup and operate a POD.• Half the audience will operate. • Half the audience are victims.

Four Steps to Success• STEP 1

• Fill out the form.• STEP 2

• Show form.• STEP 3

• Pickup medication.• STEP 4

• Turn-in form and Exit.

After Action Review• What was your experience in this exercise?• What improvement would you recommend?• What did you think was a best practice that

should be adopted by everyone?

Questions?

• State of OregonKathy ScottSNS Coordinator Oregon Health Services Department of Human Services

Kathy.D.Scott@state.or.us

• State of WashingtonDave OwensSNS CoordinatorOffice of Risk & Emergency MgmtDepartment of Health

David.owens@doh.wa.govWeb site:

http://www.doh.wa.gov/phepr/default.htm