1 Purpose of this document This document describes policy for the management and use of national reserve supplies, and details the principal responsibilities of the Ministry and DHBs in managing and these significant national resources. 1.1 Background The Ministry manages and/or controls a number of national reserve emergency supplies. Some of these are held in DHB stores, and others in bulk stores off DHB sites. National reserve supply items Stored by Stored by DHBs Ministry P2 respirators and general purpose   masks Personal protective equipment  (aprons, gloves, eye protection) Clinical equipment  (syringes, giving sets, IV fluids, etc) Tamiflu   (each DHB holds 200 courses)  Pandemic antibiotics  H5N1 pre-pandemic vaccine  Vaccination supplies  Body bags Not available at this time Pandemic vaccine N/A N/A 1.2 National reserve supplies purpose – National reserve supply stocks have been developed to ensure that as far as is possible, DHBs and the wider health sector have continued access to essential supplies during large or prolonged emergencies that generate unusual demands on normal health service stocks or supply chains. DHB as usual’ supplies and supply chain capacity should be managed at a ‘business level able to ensure all reasonably predictable local events can be supported without requiring additional resources from national reserves. 1.3 Overall policy objectives The overall policy objectives are to:
1 Purpose of this document This document describes policy for the management and use of national reserve supplies, and details the principal responsibilities of the Ministry and DHBs in managing and these significant national resources. 1.1 Background The Ministry manages and/or controls a number of national reserve emergency supplies. Some of these are held in DHB stores, and others in bulk stores off DHB sites. National reserve supply items Stored by DHBs Stored by Ministry P2 respirators and general purpose masks   Personal protective equipment (aprons, gloves, eye protection)  Clinical equipment (syringes, giving sets, IV fluids, etc)  Tamiflu (each DHB holds 200 courses)   Pandemic antibiotics  H5N1 pre-pandemic vaccine  Vaccination supplies  Body bags  Not available at this time Pandemic vaccine N/A N/A 1.2 National reserve supplies – purpose National reserve supply stocks have been developed to ensure that as far as is possible, DHBs and the wider health sector have continued access to essential supplies during large or prolonged emergencies that generate unusual demands on normal health service stocks or supply chains. DHB ‘business as usual’ supplies and supply chain capacity should be managed at a level able to ensure all reasonably predictable local events can be supported without requiring additional resources from national reserves. 1.3 Overall policy objectives The overall policy objectives are to:
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