Mass Antibiotic Dispensing: Collecting POD Exercise Data A Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) and Public Health Training Network Satellite Broadcast and Webcast Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Originally aired: April 6, 2006 Course Overview This live interactive program will describe the how, what, and why of collecting time-study data during Point of Dispensing (POD) exercises. During POD exercises, patients should be monitored to determine not only the total amount of time it takes them to go through the POD, but also the amount of time spent at each station and the time to move from one station to another in the POD. Collecting this type of timed data will allow state and local Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Planners to more accurately determine the throughput at their PODs as well as identify processes that may result in bottlenecks. This broadcast will provide an overview of time-study methodology, discuss ways to collect time-study data, and suggest how the data collected can be used to identify specific problems in POD flow. Goal To prepare participants to collect timed data from Point of Dispensing (POD) exercises. Objectives At the completion of this broadcast, participants will be able to: * Describe two methods for collecting time- study data at a POD exercise * Demonstrate how time-study data from POD exercises can be used to evaluate POD throughput * Apply effective time-study data collection techniques to POD exercises * Describe how time-study data can be used to identify problems in POD flow or POD operations Target Audience This broadcast is designed for the state and local Strategic National Stockpile planners. Presenters William F. Raub, PhD, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Public Health Emergency Preparedness, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Jacquelyn Mason, PhD, Industrial Engineer, National Center for Environmental Health, Coordinating Center for Environmental Health and Injury Prevention (EHIP) Leah Matteson, MS, RN, CNS, Public Health Program Nurse, New York State Department of Health Bioterrorism Epidemiology Program Karen McKinnis, Community and Environmental Health Planner, Springfield/Greene County (Missouri) Health Department