POST 01077E : WASTE MANAGEMENT REPORT
12 April 2007
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Carib Nelson (mailto:[email protected]) from PATH
is sending the following report.
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At the following link is a report on a successful
non-incineration system for management of
injection waste at the service delivery level
that has been established in Andhra Pradesh State in India.
http://www.technet21.org/pdf_file/AndhraPradesh_Sharps_Waste_Report_2007Feb16.pdf
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The Partnership Project in Andhra Pradesh -- a
collaborative effort between the Government of
Andhra Pradesh and PATH –- was designed to
strengthen immunization systems, with
improvements to injection safety as a major goal.
A critical element of this work was introduction
and scale up of a practical system for sharps
waste management. The sharps management system
included reducing the number of injections given,
needle removal, syringe disinfection, and
collection of syringe plastic for recycling.
Impacts of the project included:
* Stimulus to create a national injection safety policy.
* 85 percent reduction in the number of
injectable medications procured by the state
government's procurement agency, resulting in
hundreds of millions fewer injections and greatly reduced medical waste.
* A comprehensive system of sharps waste
management at Andhra Pradesh's PHCs and subcenters.
* Training 30,000 medical officers, supervisors,
and health workers in injection safety and proper management of sharps waste.
* Establishing needlestick reporting mechanisms
at the PHC and subcenter levels.
* Effective use of needle removers, which lowered
the incidence of syringe reuse among curative
injections, reduced reported needlestick
injuries, prevented the burning of hundreds of
thousands of syringe-filled safety boxes, and
enabled safe recycling of thousands of kilograms of plastic syringe barrels.
* Replicating the sharps waste management system
in HIV testing centers and the private sector.
The project is now fully sustained by the
government of Andhra Pradesh and is being
expanded to other states of India. At the direct
hyperlink above is the complete report on the
sharps waste management aspects of the project. A
broader report describing the complete
immunization strengthening activities and result
of the project is available at:
http://www.path.org/vaccineresources/files/CVP_AP.pdf
For more information about the project contact:
Dr. Satish Kaipilyawar (mailto:[email protected])
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