Cities Readiness Initiative/Point of Dispensing (POD)

A Point of Dispensing (POD) site is a federally instituted best practice model designed to provide medications, vaccines, or medical supplies to a large community of healthy people during a health emergency. POD sites will be activated in order to provide medication and/or medical supplies to the healthy community prior to the onset of illness in order to decrease illness and prevent death.

POD sites are locations that are both familiar and easily accessible to the community (i.e. schools, community centers, churches, etc.) and are designed to serve as a place for the public to come and receive their medications, vaccines and medical supplies. The ultimate goal of a POD is to quickly provide these items to a large number of people in a short period of time.

Community POD Planning

2018 POD Exercise/Planning Conference Documents

Final Planning Conference Agenda Final Planning Conference PowerPoint Presentation Clinic Branch Director PowerPoint Presentation Midterm Planning Conference Agenda Midterm Planning Conference PowerPoint Presentation Player Handbook 2018 POD ExPlan   Initial Planning Conference PowerPoint Presentation Initial Planning Conference Agenda Vest Inserts POD Exercise Controller/Evaluator Documents Controller/Evaluator Briefing Agenda Controller/Evaluator Briefing PowerPoint Presentation Guidelines for Transporting & Storing Vaccine Supply Inventory Tracking Form Medication Inventory Tracking Form   Controller/Evaluator Handbook  Controller/Evaluator EEGs Emergency Operations Coordination Information Sharing - Operations Information Sharing - Joint Information System Medical Countermeasures Dispensing - Drive Thru Medical Countermeasures Dispensing - Walk Thru Medical Material Management and Distribution Responder Safety and Health Volunteer Management  POD Exercise Press & Media Toolkit 2018 Flyer 2018 Flyer- Spanish 2018 Flyer - Vietnamese 2018 Flyer - Chinese 2018 Flyer - Farsi Press Release Talking Points Social Media Messages City Posting Image FaceBook Image Internet Image PSA - Farsi PSA - Mandarin PSA - Spanish PSA - TC PSA - Vietnamese

Training Materials

Video Based Training POD Introduction and Overview Command Section Operations Section Logistics Section Planning Section Management Video for Supervisors Keys to Success POD Video Training Clinic Branch Delivering A POD Briefing HCA Unified Command Setting Up a POD Site Supply Unit Training Presentations Point of Dispensing (POD) Workshop POD Field Operations Guide (FOG) Workshop 2018 Nursing School In-Service

Planning & Response Documents

 

Planning Documents POD Site Assessment Form Incident Command System (ICS) Forms Fillable and Suggested POD Organization Chart (ICS 207) POD Site Security Plan Response Documents POD Field Operations Guide v4.1  HCA Public Health Policies and Procedures - Hand Hygiene HCA Public Health Services Boodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Program Plan HCA Injury and Illness Prevention Plan HCA Public Health Services Standardized Protocol - Management of Injection Reactions HCA Public Health Policies and Procedures - Medication Error Reporting Public Health Medication Error Reporting Form