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EpiPOD: Community Vaccination and Dispensing Model User's Guide.

DE2009946047

Publication Date	2008
Personal Author	Berry, M. S.; Samsa, M. E.; Walsh, D. M.
Page Count	52
Abstract	EpiPOD is a modeling system that enables local, regional, and county health departments to evaluate and refine their plans for mass distribution of antiviral and antibiotic medications and vaccines. An intuitive interface requires users to input as few or as many plan specifics as are available in order to simulate a mass treatment campaign. Behind the input interface, a system dynamics model simulates pharmaceutical supply logistics, hospital and first-responder personnel treatment, population arrival dynamics and treatment, and disease spread. When the simulation is complete, users have estimates of the number of illnesses in the population at large, the number of ill persons seeking treatment, and queuing and delays within the mass treatment system all metrics by which the plan can be judged.
Keywords	Vaccination Communities Public health Antiviral medicine Antibiotics Mass distribution EpiPOD model
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Argonne National Lab., IL. Decision and Information Sciences Div.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC. and Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200912

EpiPOD: Community Vaccination and Dispensing Model User's Guide.

EpiPOD: Community Vaccination and Dispensing Model User's Guide.
DE2009946047

Publication Date	2008
Personal Author	Berry, M. S.; Samsa, M. E.; Walsh, D. M.
Page Count	52
Abstract	EpiPOD is a modeling system that enables local, regional, and county health departments to evaluate and refine their plans for mass distribution of antiviral and antibiotic medications and vaccines. An intuitive interface requires users to input as few or as many plan specifics as are available in order to simulate a mass treatment campaign. Behind the input interface, a system dynamics model simulates pharmaceutical supply logistics, hospital and first-responder personnel treatment, population arrival dynamics and treatment, and disease spread. When the simulation is complete, users have estimates of the number of illnesses in the population at large, the number of ill persons seeking treatment, and queuing and delays within the mass treatment system all metrics by which the plan can be judged.
Keywords	Vaccination Communities Public health Antiviral medicine Antibiotics Mass distribution EpiPOD model
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Argonne National Lab., IL. Decision and Information Sciences Div.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC. and Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200912