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DISCUSSION: Prioritization in the Critical Infrastructure (CI) Group

COMMENT: Pharmacists priorities in Pan Flu Lacking


Submitted by Charles Thomas on 12/5/07 1:33 PM

I agree . Pharmacists proved in Alabama that they were a critical key to the pharmaceutical supply chain. Many evacuees would have not been able to access maintenance medications if the pharmacies had been closed due to illness such as pan flu. This is first hand expierence gained by this state after Katrina.
In addition shipments of maintenance drugs would be impaired and with the just in time inventories on pharmacies shelves it would be a disaster whether the pharmacy was closed as a result of illness or they couldn't get maintenance and acute meds due to the distribution system being delayed.
I can see many people dying from lack of insulin, blood pressure meds, warfarin and the like that actually keep people alive or prevent health problems.

Pharmacists need to be in tier 1 at a minimun for a severe course of contagious disease for both vaccines and antivirals. The pharmaceutidal distribution system should as well. They should be in Tier 2 for less severe outbreaks.



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We may lose power, water, etc by our supply chains breaking

Submitted by Nick Kelley on 12/5/07 06:41 AM