STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE

Strategic National Stockpile. A national repository of medicines and healthcare supplies maintained jointly by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to respond to public-health emergencies. • Created as the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile in 1999, the agency caches antibiotics, chemical antidotes, antitoxins, life-support medications, IV administration, airway […]