Rinchiuso-Hasselmann Anne, McKay Ryan L, Williams Christopher A, Starr David T, Morgenthau Beth Maldin, Zucker Jane R, Raphael Marisa
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response, New York, NY, USA.
Biosecur Bioterror. 2011 Mar;9(1):13-21. doi: 10.1089/bsp.2010.0049. Epub 2011 Mar 1.
In fall 2009, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) operated 58 points of dispensing (PODs) over 5 weekends to provide influenza A (H1N1) 2009 monovalent vaccination to New Yorkers. Up to 7 sites were opened each day across the 5 boroughs, with almost 50,000 New Yorkers being vaccinated. The policies and protocols used were based on those developed for New York City's POD Plan, the cornerstone of the city's mass prophylaxis planning. Before the H1N1 experience, NYC had not opened more than 5 PODs simultaneously and had only experienced the higher patient volume seen with the H1N1 PODs on 1 prior occasion. Therefore, DOHMH identified factors that contributed to the success of POD operations, as well as areas for improvement to inform future mass prophylaxis planning and response. Though this was a relatively small-scale, preplanned operation, during which a maximum of 7 PODs were operated on a given day, the findings have implications for larger-scale mass prophylaxis planning for emergencies.
2009年秋季，纽约市卫生和精神卫生部门（DOHMH）在5个周末开设了58个疫苗接种点（PODs），为纽约市民提供2009年甲型H1N1流感单价疫苗接种服务。在5个行政区内，每天最多开设7个接种点，近5万名纽约市民接种了疫苗。所采用的政策和方案基于为纽约市疫苗接种点计划制定的政策和方案，该计划是该市大规模预防规划的基石。在经历甲型H1N1流感之前，纽约市从未同时开设过超过5个疫苗接种点，且仅在之前的一次经历过甲型H1N1流感疫苗接种点那样高的患者流量。因此，卫生和精神卫生部门确定了有助于疫苗接种点运作成功的因素以及有待改进的方面，以为未来的大规模预防规划和应对提供参考。尽管这是一次规模相对较小的预先规划的行动，在此期间，给定日期最多运营7个疫苗接种点，但这些发现对更大规模的紧急情况大规模预防规划具有启示意义。
