What is the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)?
• A large amount of drugs and supplies must be quickly delivered to a mass prophylaxis site in the event of a public health emergency, because local supplies will be quickly exhausted or unavailable. • The SNS is a federally owned cache of pharmaceuticals and supplies that will supplement local resources in an emergency. • The 12-hour push package and the Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) are components of the SNS. • Any location in the U.S. can receive the 12-hour push package within 12 hours of an order to ship. • The VMI is a vendor managed stockpile of drugs that may be utilized to supplement the push package. • Locally, we must be ready to accept supplies for a mass prophylaxis clinic and distribute supplies to organizations in the community who will provide prophylaxis for their own populations.
