Computer model improves drug dispensing efforts during bioterror response
Emergency Management Alert, July 9, 2003
A new computer model available from the Department of Health and Human Services aims to help hospitals and health systems plan antibiotic dispensing and vaccinations campaigns in response to bioterrorism or natural disease outbreaks.
Funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the model is available as a downloadable spreadsheet. Hospitals can use it to calculate their antibiotic needs based on the number of staff they have and the number of patients they would need to treat quickly in a bioterrorism event.
Researchers at Weill Medical College of Cornell University developed the model after testing a variety of patient triage and drug dispensing plans. The model can run on common spreadsheet software; health officials at all levels of government, hospital administration, and emergency medical planning can customize the spreadsheet.
Visit www.ahrq.gov/research/biomodel.htm to download the software program.
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