Dispensing Partner Program FAQ

• Helps Marin County Department of Health & Human Services serve more people in less time, thereby reducing morbidity and mortality associated with a bioterrorism event.
• Provides a valuable and appreciated service to your employees and others.
• Added assurance that your employees will come to work instead of going to a POD, thus improving your continuity of operations.
• Demonstrates community involvement; partnerships play a vital role in Marin County’s response to a Public Health Emergency.

Distributes life-saving medication to employees, employee family members and other clientele to the best of its ability during an emergency that calls for mass prophylaxis of the entire population of Marin County.

Becoming a Dispensing Partner is easy and we will assist you every step of the way.

1. Complete the Dispensing Partner Registration Form email it to us at dispensingpartners@marincounty.org.
2. Develop a simple dispensing plan.
3. We have a template to assist you in the development of your dispensing plan.
4. Register on CAHAN (the California Health Alert Network).
5. Complete some short online trainings.  These online trainings were developed by the Bay Area Mass Prophylaxis Working Group (BAMPWG).

• A representative from the Marin County Department of Health & Human Services will contact you to:
• Confirm that you will be able to dispense medications
• Confirm the number of courses that you are planning to dispense
• Tell you where you can pick up the free medication
• Give you any other information or direction that you may need at the time of the emergency