I don't believe there is an international set that says you should have x number of medical devices or medical equipment in your stockpile. I think it starts with a needs assessment. I can give you a great example.
One of the four categories in the national emergency strategic stockpile is pharmaceuticals. Those would be vaccines, for example. Most of the pharmaceuticals are only available in the federal stockpile. You do scenario modelling around potential events. The Public Health Agency does that. It helps to predict how many masks you might need, how many cots, how many vaccines and so on and so forth.
While that scenario modelling and assessment is done, we found that they hadn't really updated that assessment since 2018. You have to factor in that between 2018 and now, we lived through a very major health emergency that we hadn't seen in a long time.
Those scenarios should be updated to reflect those lessons learned. It really starts with that basic, “What are my needs?” Even when you're doing an assessment, it's making sure that your needs reflect the evolving geopolitical environment and the lessons learned over the last few years.
