Community Pharmacy All Hazards Dispensing Toolkit
A successful response to a declared emergency event affecting our community is accomplished through pre-event planning and relationship building. Response planners at all levels recognize that pharmacies could play a major role as primary dispensing sites within their communities, and pharmacists can be valuable assets as healthcare personnel. During an emergency, the existing pharmaceutical supply chain utilized by community pharmacies could assist distribution of recommended pharmaceutical countermeasures specific to an event.
Knowing that nearly all Americans live within five miles of a community pharmacy, pharmacies are valuable assets in response efforts. Maximizing pharmacy efforts during an event will help our communities. Pharmacists can dispense emergency medications, administer vaccines, partner with public health officials to disseminate important information and conducting health screenings. Community pharmacists are well positioned, trusted and capable of playing a significant role when requested, and this project offers an opportunity to begin building relationships with our public health partners now. If we are a part of the plan, we will be a part of the solution!
For questions and inquiries, please contact MPA at MPA@MichiganPharmacists.org.
Community Pharmacy Partner Invitation: Click here to access a letter inviting your pharmacy to become a community pharmacy partner and participate in this important project.
Frequently Asked Questions: Click here to access a resource of frequently asked questions related to this project.
Recommendations for Community Pharmacies: Click here to access a resource that includes additional planning recommendations for community pharmacies.
Emergency Preparedness Resources Guide: This guide provides resources for pharmacy professionals who are interested in exploring opportunities in emergency preparedness. It includes a compilation of websites, articles, online training and general recommendations to assist the committed pharmacist in navigating the variety of resources that are available. Click here to access a listing of additional references and website links to assist in your preparedness efforts and involvement in this project.
2016 MPA Annual Convention & Exposition Community Pharmacy Table Top Participant Comments: The attached document is a summary of responses offered by participants at a scenario-based presentation held during MPA’s 2016 Annual Convention.  Their input and suggestions are provided to assist you in your preparation to be a community pharmacy dispensing site when needed.