Post00391E PROTECTION OF MORE COLD SENSITIVE VACCINES 26 November 2001 ************************* 1. Background 2. Can we return back to the 4-8°C recommended refrigeration range of the 1980s? 3. Can current VVMs be used to prevent freezing? 4. Another priority: to minimize the need for...

Post00391E PROTECTION OF MORE COLD SENSITIVE VACCINES 26 November 2001 ************************* 1. Background 2. Can we return back to the 4-8°C recommended refrigeration range of the 1980s? 3. Can current VVMs be used to prevent freezing? 4. Another priority: to minimize the need for...

Post00391E PROTECTION OF MORE COLD SENSITIVE VACCINES 26 November 2001 ************************* 1. Background 2. Can we return back to the 4-8°C recommended refrigeration range of the 1980s? 3. Can current VVMs be used to prevent freezing? 4. Another priority: to minimize the need for...

Post00386 PROTECTION OF MORE COLD SENSITIVE VACCINES 23 October 2001 CONTENTS 1. PROTECTION OF MORE COLD SENSITIVE VACCINES " Hep B freezes at ?0.5, two degrees above DPT. ....field assessments in recent years have shown that DPT freezing is a common problem,..." It has bee...

Post00385 HYBRID SOLAR AND COOL IDEAS + PIS 19 October 2001 CONTENTS 1. HYBRID SOLAR ELECTRIC POWER continued 2. RE: Post00383 COOL IDEAS continued 3. THE PRODUCT INFORMATION SHEETS (PIS) Visit the TechNet 21 Delhi meeting web pages at: http://www.who.int/vaccines-access/index...

Post00384 RE:IDEAS + DELIVERY KIT + NEEDLE-FREE + PILOT 18 October 2001 CONTENTS 1. RE: COOL IDEAS 2. PATH DELIVERY KIT GUIDE 3. NEEDLE-FREE INJECTION TECHNOLOGY NEWS SERVICE 4. HEALTH INTERNETWORK PILOT Visit the TechNet 21 Delhi meeting web pages at: http://www.who.int/vaccines-access...

Post00349 VACCINE WASTAGE 13 June 2001 CONTENTS 1. VACCINE WASTAGE Continued In Technet Post00345, 05 June 2001, Samir J Shah, MOH/Oman, kindly posted his observations and questions on vaccine wastage in his region of Oman. His original message is re-posted below. In todays posting J...

Post00347 FREEZING VACCINES 07 June 2001 CONTENTS 1. DISCUSSION OF DAMAGE TO VACCINES BY EXPOSURE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES In post Post00343, Vaccine Freezing: Why Is The Cold Chain Too Cold?, 20 May 2001, Andy Tucker, PATH-CVP, Anthony Battersby, FBA, Hans Everts, WHO/EPI, and Soren...

Post00345 VACCINE WASTAGE 05 June 2001 CONTENTS 1. VACCINE WASTAGE. INVITING COMMENTS AND LOOKING FOR REFERENCES Inspired by an earlier Technet Forum discussion, Samir J Shah, MOH/Oman, has looked at vaccine wastage in his region of Oman and has found that wastage seems to be higher ...

Post00343 VACCINE FREEZING: WHY IS THE COLD CHAIN TOO COLD? 20 May 2001 CONTENTS 1. WHY IS THE COLD CHAIN TOO COLD? MORE..... 2. HEP-B OUT OF THE COLD CHAIN? 3. VVMs ON VACCINES 1. WHY IS THE COLD CHAIN TOO COLD? MORE..... The freezing point of Hepatitis B vaccine is -0.5'C The f...

1. WHY IS THE COLD CHAIN TOO COLD? Soren Spanner, WHO/SEARO, kindly posts the file of his recent presentation at the Asia-Pacific Regional Working Group Briefing, March 2001. The findings of a multi year-multi site study, including a clear description of the failure modes leading to frequent long ...

Post00338 EPI WASTE 1 May 2001 CONTENTS 1. DISPOSAL OF UNUSED VACCINE VIALS 2. GAVI DONATIONS - INJECTION WASTE DISPOSAL Continued 3. HEALTH-CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT DRAFT RAPID ASSESSMENT TOOL 4. FROM GAVI IMMUNIZATION FOCUS: FIRST, DO NO HARM 1. DISPOSAL OF UNUSED VACCINE VIALS T...

Post00334 GAVI DONATIONS - INJECTION WASTE DISPOSAL 10 April 2001 CONTENTS 1. GAVI DONATIONS - INJECTION WASTE DISPOSAL ISSUES 2. NEW CONTACT DETAILS - THE COLLABORATIVE CENTRE FOR COLD CHAIN MANAGEMENT 1. GAVI DONATIONS - INJECTION WASTE DISPOSAL ISSUES The GAVI/CVP supported additio...

Post00320 WASTAGE FACTORS Continued 13 February 2001 CONTENTS 1. ESTIMATING VACCINE WASTAGE FACTORS Continued 2. ESTIMATING VACCINE WASTAGE FACTORS REQUIRES STOCK RECORDS + SOFTWARE 1. ESTIMATING VACCINE WASTAGE FACTORS Continued In Technet Forum Post00316, ESTIMATING VACCINE WASTAGE...

Post00319 TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT PROJECT 6 February 2001 CONTENTS 1. GAVI TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT PROJECT 2. TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT FOR SERVICE DELIVERY STATUS SUMMARY AND PLANS 3. CONDUCTING A TRANSPORT SITUATION ANALYSIS 4. POWERPOINT PRESENTATION: TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT FOR SERVICE DELIVERY 1....

Post00316 ESTIMATING WASTAGE FACTORS 29 January 2001 CONTENTS 1. ESTIMATING VACCINE WASTAGE FACTORS Continued In Technet Post00311, ESTIMATING VACCINE WASTAGE FACTORS, 15 January 2001, a discussion on estimating vaccine wastage and vaccine wastage factors was posted. The context of the ...

POST : 00413E : VACCINE WASTAGE (STUDY) 18 January 2002 _________________________________________________________ The journal "Vaccine", in its issue no.20 (2002) published an article :"Frequency and Causes of Vaccine Wastage", a study of vaccine wastage in the United States...

POST : 00413E : VACCINE WASTAGE (STUDY) 18 January 2002 _________________________________________________________ The journal "Vaccine", in its issue no.20 (2002) published an article :"Frequency and Causes of Vaccine Wastage", a study of vaccine wastage in the United States...

Post00311 Estimating Vaccine Wastage Factors 15 January 2001 CONTENTS 1. DISCUSSION ON ESTIMATING VACCINE WASTAGE FACTORS It is important to monitor vaccine wastage in national immunization programs and to use wastage data as a routine program planning and management tool. Vaccine wastag...

Post00301 VACCINE FREEZING: REFERENCES 28 November 2000 CONTENTS 1. VACCINE FREEZING: REFERENCES This list of reference documents on vaccine freezing was kindly posted by Debbie Kristensen, PATH. The problem of vaccine freezing has been around since the earliest days of the Expanded P...

Post00299 VACCINE FREEZING CONTINUED 16 November 2000 CONTENTS 0. MODERATORS NOTE ON VACCINE FREEZING 1. LOW TEMPERATURE PROTECTION: IN TRANSPORT 2. LOW TEMPERATURE PROTECTION: REFRIGERATORS 3. THE USE OF INDICATORS: THE STOPWATCH 4. OTHER THOUGHTS... The Technet'99 report and prese...

Post00297 DEFANGING? + JET INJECTORS? + INCINERATORS? + 7 November 2000 CONTENTS 1. NEEDLE DEFANGING? 2. DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH-WORKLOAD JET INJECTOR 3. NO TO INCINERATORS!! ? 4. REGIONAL CENTRE ON HAZARDOUS WASTES OPENS IN SOUTH AFRICA 5. OTHER TECHNOLOGIES 1. NEEDLE DEFANGING? key i...

Post00293 FREEZE WATCH INDICATORS, EXPIRY DATES & USE 27 October 2000 CONTENTS 1. FREEZEWATCH EXPIRY DATE AND USE OF FREEZEWATCH INDICATORS WHO and vaccine manufacturers warn against freezing of DTP, DT, Td, TT, Hb, HIB and other liquid vaccines. Recent data suggests that temperature...

Post00264 HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGEMENT 4 July 2000 CONTENTS 1. NEW: WORLD BANK HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGEMENT GUIDANCE NOTE Marcia Rock, WB/PHTG/HDN/HNP, has kindly posted the Banks' recent health care waste management guidelines. The text of the executive summary follows Marcia's introduction...

Post00259 WASTE MANAGEMENT 20 June 2000 CONTENTS 1. HEALTH CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT: WHO STRATEGY, REPORT, AIDE MEMOIRE 2. ENVIRON.COM:Free Waste Management Software 3. KIDS ILL AFTER SMALLPOX VACCINE EXPOSURE AFTER FINDING IN WASTE - RUSSIA 1. HEALTH CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT: WHO STRATEGY, REP...

Post00256 WASTE MANAGEMENT 6 June 2000 CONTENTS 1. MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT RESOURCES 2. UWEP E-MAIL BULLETIN 22 3. THE MEDCIN 400 - A LOW COST RURAL MED WASTE INCINERATOR NOW AVAILABLE Greetings from Rome! ____________________________________*______________________________________ 1. ...

Post00250 Product Info Sheets - 2000 8May 2000 CONTENTS 1. COMMENT RE: Post00242 PIS 2000 2. PROPOSED CHANGES TO PIS E3 FAMILY 1. COMMENT RE: Post00242 PIS 20001 In TECHNET Forum Post00224, Anthony Battersby, FBA, raised a number of issues relating to the ongoing revision of the Cold Ch...

Post00250 Product Info Sheets - 2000 8May 2000 CONTENTS 1. COMMENT RE: Post00242 PIS 2000 2. PROPOSED CHANGES TO PIS E3 FAMILY 1. COMMENT RE: Post00242 PIS 20001 In TECHNET Forum Post00224, Anthony Battersby, FBA, raised a number of issues relating to the ongoing revision of the Cold Ch...

Post00243 VACCINE FREEZING 18 April 2000 CONTENTS 1. CHANGING VACCINE STORAGE LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMIT FROM 0 TO 2 DEGREES? 2. MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES & VACCINE STORAGE TEMPERATURES 3. COOL FACTS: FREEZING IN ICE LINED REFRIGERATORS 1. CHANGING VACCINE STORAGE LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMIT FR...

Post00242 PIS 2000 13 April 2000 CONTENTS 1. PRODUCT INFORMATION SHEETS 2000: DISCUSSION 2. EQUIPMENT IN THE PIS The Product Information Sheets (PIS) are contained in the joint WHO/UNICEF 1997 publication Product Information Sheets[WHO/EPI/LHIS/97.01] and the in Product Information Sheets ...

Post00239 VACCINE FREEING 06 April 2000 CONTENTS 1. CHANGING VACCINE STORAGE LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMIT FROM 0 TO 2 DEGREES? 2. FREEZE VVMS? Moderator's note: Corrections: 1. The previous TECHNET Forum post on Tuesday 4 April was Post00238 not 0338 as indicated in the post.Post00237 was inco...

Post00238 NEW! PIS 2000 4 April 2000 CONTENTS 1. PRODUCT INFORMATION SHEETS 2000 2. PIS ON THE WEB * New Files Available For Download send an email to: [[email protected]][email protected][/email] with this message: get technet E3-Current-PIS-Format-27.03.00....

Post0235 ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT 24 March 2000 CONTENTS 1. SCIENTISTS DEFINE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE CRISIS 2. THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF EARTH DAY 3. BRITISH PARLIAMENT MAY ENFORCE PURCHASE OF GREEN POWER 4. NEW MOTOROLA FUEL CELL SMALL, STRONG 5. FUEL-CELL FUTURE FOR GASOLINE? 6. STUDY: DIESEL E...

Post00231 VACCINE FREEZING 14 March 2000 CONTENTS 1. CHANGING VACCINE STORAGE LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMIT FROM 0 TO 2 DEGREES? 2. VACCINE FREEZING IN TEMPERATE CLIMATES 3. DOMESTIC REFRIGERATOR MODIFICATIONS? 4. VACCINE LOSS? COST? A QUESTION 1. CHANGING VACCINE STORAGE LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMI...

Post0226 VACCINE FREEZING 8 February 2000 CONTENTS 1. CHANGING VACCINE STORAGE LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMIT FROM 0 TO 2 DEGREES? 2. MULTI FLOW REFRIGERATORS AND VACCINE FREEZING: CONTINUED 3. DOMESTIC REFRIGERATOR MODIFICATIONS? 4. REQUEST FOR ACTION ON FREEZING AND P.I.S. Moderators note: Th...

Post0218 T-ZONES & LTP 18 January 2000 CONTENTS 1. T-ZONES AND LOW TEMPERATURE PROTECTION 2. VACCINE FREEZING AND FROST FREE REFRIGERATORS, CONTINUED 3. REFRIGERATOR TEMPERATURE RANGE 2'C TO 8'C? 4. SOLUTION SUGGESTION FOR VACCINE FREEZING 1.T-ZONES AND LOW TEMPERATURE PROTECTION ...

Post0217 FAST CHAIN + CC DOCUMENTS 17 January 2000 CONTENTS 1. FAST CHAIN, TECHNET'99 DISCUSSSIONS AND A NEW DOCUMENT 2. COLD CHAIN DOCUMENTS POSTED TO WHO WEBSITE 1. FAST CHAIN, TECHNET'99 DISCUSSSIONS AND A NEW DOCUMENT Hans Everts, WHO/V&B, responds to the Technet'99 Sub-Group on...

Post0214 VACCINE FREEZING 07 January 2000 CONTENTS 1. COMMENTS: ALERT: FROST-FREE REFRIGERATORS IN THE COLD CHAIN 2. INTRODUCTION OF FREEZE SENSITIVE VACCINES INTO THE EXISTING COLD CHAIN 3. TECHNET RECOMMENDATIONS ON CC EQUIPMENT WITH LOW TEMPERATURE PROTECTION Contributions to: [email=technet@ac...

I am developing an off-grid backpack with an inbuilt removal battery powered (8hrs) portable refrigerator that is approx 1.5 litre in size and can transport 2 blood bags. The off-grid backpack has 48hrs of battery supply to the portable refrigerator, however, it is designed to be recharged daily. Ou...