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State of Tennessee Signs up for Mobile Emergency Inventory Management Solution
Warehouse solution from IWS manages field-based operations in crises to support disaster preparedness strategies
Downers Grove, IL — June 6, 2007 — The state of Tennessee has joined the states of Ohio and Georgia, as well as San Bernardino County, Calif., in selecting a mobile emergency response solution from Integrated Warehousing Solutions (IWS) to support disaster preparedness strategies.
IWS initially designed its "Go-Kit" solution to meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mandate for management and tracking of strategic national stockpiles of lifesaving vaccines as part of a coordinated response to a large-scale bioterrorism or pandemic event.
A self-contained mobile warehouse, the "Go-Kit" supports the activation of distribution and treatment centers in as little as 15 minutes and maintains rigorous control of supplies, according to IWS. It provides visibility both upstream to command centers and downstream to field operations, allowing crisis teams to focus on the most important priorities.
The system comes with options to record critical medical information such as lot control and patient level information, making it well suited for day-to-day public health initiatives such as onsite delivery of flu vaccines or other routine preventative treatments, IWS said.
Incorporating emergency response decision support wizards to control and monitor medical and pharmaceutical supplies, the "Go-Kit" supports command and control personnel, allowing these teams to monitor distribution of supplies in real time without the need to call field personnel and shift resources.
The "Go-Kit" comes in a custom-designed storage container and includes a rugged commercial grade laptop preconfigured with the application, mobile wireless access points, handheld wireless devices and scanners for recording distribution and patient information, printers and satellite telephone.
IWS initially designed its "Go-Kit" solution to meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mandate for management and tracking of strategic national stockpiles of lifesaving vaccines as part of a coordinated response to a large-scale bioterrorism or pandemic event.
A self-contained mobile warehouse, the "Go-Kit" supports the activation of distribution and treatment centers in as little as 15 minutes and maintains rigorous control of supplies, according to IWS. It provides visibility both upstream to command centers and downstream to field operations, allowing crisis teams to focus on the most important priorities.
The system comes with options to record critical medical information such as lot control and patient level information, making it well suited for day-to-day public health initiatives such as onsite delivery of flu vaccines or other routine preventative treatments, IWS said.
Incorporating emergency response decision support wizards to control and monitor medical and pharmaceutical supplies, the "Go-Kit" supports command and control personnel, allowing these teams to monitor distribution of supplies in real time without the need to call field personnel and shift resources.
The "Go-Kit" comes in a custom-designed storage container and includes a rugged commercial grade laptop preconfigured with the application, mobile wireless access points, handheld wireless devices and scanners for recording distribution and patient information, printers and satellite telephone.
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