Volume 9, Number 6, June 2003

An Ounce of Prevention Is a Ton of Work: Mass Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Anthrax, New York City, 2001

Susan Blank,*† Linda C. Moskin,† and Jane R. Zucker*†
*Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; and †New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, New York, USA

Figure 1. Point of distribution (POD) site organizational chart. OEM, Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management; PIC, physician-in-charge; Epi, epidemiologic; DOH, Department of Health. Dotted boxes = areas of responsibility; dotted lines = shared communications.*For operational purposes, the epidemiologic team leader reported to the PIC.

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