Findings on Health Security Reported by Investigators at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Stockpile Model of Personal Protective Equipment…

Findings on Health Security Reported by Investigators at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Stockpile Model of Personal Protective Equipment in Taiwan)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at China Weekly News -- Research findings on Health and Medicine - Health Security are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting originating from Taipei, Taiwan, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, "The Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Taiwan CDC) has established a 3-tier personal protective equipment (PPE) stockpiling framework that could maintain a minimum stockpile for the surge demand of PPE in the early stage of a pandemic. However, PPE stockpiling efforts must contend with increasing storage fees and expiration problems."

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "In 2011, the Taiwan CDC initiated a stockpile replacement model in order to optimize the PPE stockpiling efficiency, ensure a minimum stockpile, use the government's limited funds more effectively, and achieve the goal of sustainable management. This stockpile replacement model employs a first-in-first-out principle in which the oldest stock in the central government stockpile is regularly replaced and replenished with the same amount of new and qualified products, ensuring the availability and maintenance of the minimum stockpiles. In addition, a joint electronic procurement platform has been established for merchandising the replaced PPE to local health authorities and medical and other institutions for their routine or epidemic use."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "In this article, we describe the PPE stockpile model in Taiwan, including the 3-tier stockpiling framework, the operational model, the components of the replacement system, implementation outcomes, epidemic supports, and the challenges and prospects of this model."

For more information on this research see: Stockpile Model of Personal Protective Equipment in Taiwan. Health Security, 2017;15(2):170-174. Health Security can be contacted at: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc, 140 Huguenot Street, 3RD Fl, New Rochelle, NY 10801, USA.

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting P.J. Chiang, Center Dis Control, Div Preparedness & Emerging Infect Dis, Taipei, Taiwan. Additional authors for this research include P.J. Chiang, Y.H. Cheng, C.W. Huang, H.Y. Kao, C.K. Chang, H.M. Huang, P.Y. Liu, J.H. Wang, Y.C. Chih, S.M. Chou, C.H. Yang and C.H. Chen.

Keywords for this news article include: Taipei, Taiwan, Asia, Health Security, Health and Medicine, Taiwan, Asia, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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