POST 00971E : COLD CHAIN CAPACITY ASSESSMENT

POST 00971E : COLD CHAIN CAPACITY ASSESSMENT Follow-up on Post 00965E 5 September 2006 _____________________________________ Three members copied to TechNet their response and comments to Robin Biellik's request. First that of Kalli Kachalla (mailto:[email protected]) from Nigeria, followed by that of Andrew Langley (mailto:[email protected]) from Australia. The last one comes from John Pott (mailto:[email protected]). _____________________________________ Good morning colleagues, For cold chain capacity assessment, first and foremost updating of the cc inventory is important.Then identify your -ve and +ve storage space base on your vaccine needs. Regards Kalli Kachalla Unicef(vaccine security & logistic consultant) Kano State ---------------------------------- Australia has recently published National Vaccine Storage Guidelines. Parts of it may assist with this enquiry. It is available at: http://immunise.health.gov.au/internet/immunise/publishing.nsf/Content/provider-store There is a substantial amount of background documentation used in the development of the national vaccine storage guidelines which are proceedings of a national Australian workshop: hhttp://immunise.health.gov.au/internet/immunise/publishing.nsf/Content/DF7218195E74C315CA25719D00183387/$File/storageworkshop04.pdf Dr Andrew Langley Public Health Physician Queensland Health --------------------------------- Back in 1990/91 when I was building up Egypt's EPI there was a Excel spread sheet or programme which some body developed, you entered the extra capacity required and it worked out where and by how many new refrigerators/freezers would be required. For it to work you had to enter the capacity of all Cold rooms, refrigerators/freezers and location in the system. I don't have copy any more but ask John Lloyd, he should remember it. Regards, John Pott ______________________________________________________________________________ All members of the TechNet21 e-Forum are invited to send comments on any posting or to use the forum to raise a new discussion or request technical information in relation to immunization services. The comments made in this forum are the sole responsibility of the writers and do not in any way mean that they are endorsed by any of the organizations and agencies to which the authors may belong. ______________________________________________________________________________ Visit the TECHNET21 Website at http://www.technet21.org You will find instructions to subscribe, a direct access to archives, links to reference documents and other features. ______________________________________________________________________________ To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message to : mailto:[email protected] Leave the subject area BLANK In the message body, write unsubscribe TECHNET21E ______________________________________________________________________________ The World Health Organization and UNICEF support TechNet21. The TechNet21 e-Forum is a communication/information tool for generation of ideas on how to improve immunization services. It is moderated by Claude Letarte and is hosted in cooperation with the Centre de coopération internationale en santé et développement, Québec, Canada (http://www.ccisd.org) ______________________________________________________________________________