Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) & Points of Dispensing (POD) Training - June 23, 2013, Daphne, AL

Submitted by tjnix on Wed, 02/20/2013 - 09:03

If an event occurs in which the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) has to be accessed by the State of Alabama, health professionals and others should be familiar with the SNS and how to respond when received. Training venues for 2013 sessions have been selected to offer the current SNS training course to health professionals including pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, nurses, social workers, mental health personnel, emergency management personnel, immunization personnel and others.

The training activities will include the following:
  • Plenary sessions providing a general overview of the SNS for all participants
  • Demonstration and exercise of a Point of Dispensing (POD) site
  • Breakout sessions for each of the disciplines to discuss professional issues, evaluations, awarding of certificates and adjournment. Each breakout session will be led by a professional(s) within that discipline

Objectives:
At the program’s conclusion, the participants will be able to:
  • Describe the purpose and goals of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)
  • List and understand the need for and duties of volunteers
  • Describe the sequence progression through a POD     
  • Describe how the State of Alabama’s SNS Plan will contribute to pandemic influenza preparedness

This course will be held:
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sunday, June 23, 2013
At the following location:
Daphne Civic Center, 2603 U.S. 98, Daphne, AL 36526

There is no cost to attend this course but registration is required.  You can register online below or here http://www.southcentralpartnership.org/files/uploads/ADPH%20SNS%20Flier%20Daphne%20cpe.pdf to complete the registration form to fax or mail. 

This course has been awarded 3.0 (General) HOURS CPE CREDIT by the Alabama Pharmacy Association for pharmacists and pharmacy techs. All who wish to receive this continuing education credit must provide their NABP ePID # when completing the evaluation at the training.  

This course has also been awarded 2.0 contact hours for Nurses and Social Workers.  ASNA Activity Number: 5-91.845.  Nurses and Social Workers will need their current license number to receive credit hours.

For more information please contact Will Bruer, MPH, MPA, at rwbruer@uab.edu or 205-934-7140 or Bing Xie, MPH, at rongbing@uab.edu or 205-934-2738.

This event is sponsored by the Alabama Department of Public Health’s Center for Emergency Preparedness and the UAB South Central Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center. 
 

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