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Description

This manual provides supply chain professionals with an overview of the specific value and expanded leadership roles they can play in the planning, mitigation, response, and recovery phases of the healthcare sector’s disaster preparedness.

With specific suggestions and ideas for procurement and distribution to help sustain their operation’s agility and redundancy during a disaster, materials managers will learn what actions to take before, during, and after a disaster to help their organizations function more effectively.
The manual addresses:

  • How to build a six-tiered response system.
  • Who should be involved in the disaster planning process.
  • What Federal resources exist to help.
  • Where to obtain supplies and equipment when the demand for medical products overwhelms healthcare suppliers.
  • How to optimize support to the hospital.
  • Which leaders to team with to best contribute skills and experience to the overall hospital integrated disaster program.
  • What specific procedures should be incorporated into the program.

101 pages
Published: 2007