CTS Brochure

Use Case: Pandemic Influenza

Countermeasure
Tracking Systems

In the event of an influenza pandemic, the
CTS components interoperate to provide
federal, state, and local public health
agencies the information needed to protect
the nation’s health.

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Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention

CIT – Antiviral supply information from
commercial drug companies is combined with
quantities available at health departments to
give CDC an understanding of where vaccines
are located.

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CRA – Data on vaccine doses administered
and antivirals dispensed, their effectiveness
and any potential adverse events will guide
public health partners’ early understanding of
who has received the countermeasures and
quantities administered across the population.

CTS consists of multiple interoperating
components which enhance the capacity of
federal, state, and local public health agencies
to track and manage medical and non-medical
inventory and usage to support both daily
operations and all-hazards events. During
the 2009 H1N1 Vaccination Campaign, CDC
used multiple CTS components to assess
countermeasure availability and coverage
of target populations. Each of the CTS
components are available free of charge
to users. This is another example of CDC
working 24/7 to save lives and protect people.
Countermeasure Inventory Tracking
Dashboard (CIT)
Countermeasure and Response
Administration (CRA)

IMATS – The quantities and location of surgical
masks, N95 respirators, pharmaceuticals and
any other countermeasures needed during a
flu pandemic are known and can be tracked by
state and local public health, as well as being
able to report those inventory counts to CDC.
CP – CDC can communicate lot recalls, EUA
and IND information, contraindications and
other important announcements to state and
local public health authorities.

The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) works to protect and keep
our nation safe during all-hazards events (e.g.,
pandemic influenza, terrorist attack) through
the distribution and tracking of medicine and
other medical or non-medical supplies. In
an effort to support these processes, CDC
established the Countermeasure Tracking
Systems (CTS) program.

Inventory Management and Tracking
System (IMATS)
Communications Portal (CP)

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Countermeasure
and Response
Administration (CRA)
CRA is an emergency preparedness and
response asset useful during any type of

event involving tracking of vaccine doses

administered, dispensing of pharmaceuticals
and medical materiel, or implementation of
community mitigation measures. CRA is a

flexible all-hazards system that reduces the
need for development of new applications
each time there is a new event. The data
collected supports the analysis of safety,
coverage, and effectiveness which
improves patient outcomes.

Countermeasure Inventory
Tracking Dashboard (CIT)
The CIT Dashboard (a.k.a. the

Countermeasure Supply Chain Dashboard)

is intended to foster communication between
federal and state health authorities and the
commercial drug sector regarding the drug

Countermeasure
Tracking Systems (CTS)
The Countermeasure Tracking Systems (CTS)
program consists of four system components
which interoperate to improve communications
and event response efficiency while still
functioning independently, recognizing the unique
requirements and use cases for each system.
Collectively, the data consolidated from these
systems can show population coverage, numbers
of untreated individuals, drug and equipment
shortages, need for resupply and more. The
Web-based applications are deployed centrally
at CDC and use the CDC’s secure data access
method for security.
Several components of CTS were utilized during
the initial phase of the 2009 H1N1 Vaccination
Campaign to assist all levels of public health in
determining that vaccine was reaching target
populations and that supplies of countermeasures
(antivirals, personal protective equipment) were
readily available. To better understand how the
four CTS components work together, please see
the pandemic influenza use case on the back of
this brochure.

inventory supply. The dashboard combines

response details into one place and will

provide timely and adequate information to

states and other jurisdictions during an event.
Such information may include Emergency

Use Authorization (EUA) and Investigational

New Drug (IND) notices, lot recalls, and other
related information and materials.

Inventory Management and
Tracking System (IMATS)
The IMATS solution provides state and local
public health providers with a tool to track
medical and non-medical countermeasure
inventory and supplies during daily
operations or an event. The solution tracks

operations including receiving, staging, and

those from the commercial drug sector to form

during an event.

system which consolidates important event

thresholds, and facilitates warehouse

health departments across the nation with

and is used for situational awareness

The CP is a web based content management

quantities of inventory, monitors reorder

countermeasure quantities obtained from

a complete countermeasure supply picture

Communications Portal (CP)

storing of inventory.

CTS
Interoperability