POST 01176E : PIS/PQS 24 October 2007 ____________________________________ Dear all, WHO PQS secretariat is happy to announce official release of the PQS E10 "safety box for the disposal of used sharps" product specifications and verification protocol which were approved by the PQ...

POST 01171E : RETRACTABLE SYRINGE Follow-up on Post 01166E 14 October 2007 ____________________________________ [log in to unmask]">Vijay Kiran from India contributes the following comments raising again an important issue of disposal. We have discussed sharps disposal many times...

POST 01166E : RETRACTABLE SYRINGE 3 October 2007 ________________________________ Carib Nelson from PATH is sending you the summary of the following report "Evaluation of a Retractable Syringe in South Africa". As said in his message, the full report is available upon request. NO...

POST 01162E : NEEDLE REMOVER ASSESSMENT 26 September 2007 _______________________________________ It is Guyana’s turn to publish a needle removers’ assessment (865K). It was sent by Nicole Dupré of Initiatives Inc., and forwarded with very positive comments by James Cheyne and Carib Nelso...

POST 01142E : PQS DOCUMENTS : DRAFTS FOR COMMENTS 16 August 2007 _____________________________ Dear all, Final drafts of the PQS E10 category performance_ specifications and verification_protocol for safety box for the disposal of used sharps are now available. We would appreciate your com...

POST 01108E : NEEDLE REMOVER EVALUATION 19 June 2007 _____________________________________ NOTE : Adjustments, to be expected, have been made to the Expert database, to solve the few reported problems, especially those concerned with updating one's own data. Some modifications to the design h...

POST 01102E : EVALUATION OF SYRINGE MELTING 9 June 2007 _____________________________________ PATH conducted a field evaluation of 3 prototype syringe melters in Indonesia. These low-cost approaches to syringe melting used local fuel, such as wood, coconut husks, or stoves, as heat sources....

TECHNET21 E-FORUM Technical network for strengthening immunization services Contributions to: mailto:[email protected] or use your reply button! __________________________________________________________ POST 01089E : NEEDLE REMOVER EVALUATION 6 May 2007 ___________________________________...

POST 01056E : USE OF ALCOHOL FOR VACCINE INJECTIONS Follow-up on Posts 01029E, 01036E, 01044E and 01051E 20 February 2007 _______________________________ I thought that the last posting would end the debate on this topic. But three more contributions were received. The first is from...

POST 01051E : USE OF ALCOHOL FOR VACCINE INJECTIONS Follow-up on Posts 01029E, 01036E and 01044E 8 February 2007 ________________________________________ This posting contains three contributions. I believe that this will likely settle the issue. The first is from Serge Ganivet (mail...

POST 01044E : USE OF ETHANOL FOR VACCINE INJECTIONS Follow-up on Posts 01029E and 01036E 23 January 2007 ___________________________________________ Akhter Hamid (mailto:[email protected]) from WHO/Bangladesh is restating the question originally asked by Jedeth Mamora. David Hipgr...

POST 01029E : USE OF ETHANOL FOR VACCINE INJECTIONS Follow-up on Post 01029E 8 January 2007 _______________________________________ Only one contribution was received so far following Jedeth Mamora's question, from Anil Varshney (mailto:[email protected]) from India. I couldn't ...

POST 01029E : USE OF ETHANOL FOR VACCINE INJECTIONS 22 December 2006 _______________________________________ Jedeth Mamora (mailto:[email protected]) from UNICEF/Indonesia has another question here below. _______________________________________ Dear team Technet, Could the use o...

POST 00995E : NEEDLE REMOVER RESOURCES 19 October 2006 ___________________________________________ PATH is pleased to announce the publication of Needle Remover Resources on its web site. This web page is intended to serve as a resource for countries and programs considering the introdu...

POST 00902E : NEEDLE REMOVERS REVIEW Follow-up on Posts 00891E and 00897E 24 March 2006 ___________________________________ Yves Chartier (mailto:[email protected]) responds to Satish comments and concerns (Post 00897E) by explaining the present WHO perspective on the issue.. ______...

POST 00897E : NEEDLE REMOVERS REVIEW Follow-up on Post 00891E 12 March 2006 _______________________________ NOTE : There has been problems with transferring files of the two Uganda documents mentioned in Post 00893E. It’s now been repaired and they are now accessible. Satish B. Ka...

POST 00891E : NEEDLE REMOVERS REVIEW 22 February 2006 ___________________________________ Yves Chartier (mailto:[email protected]) from WHO/Geneva sends a review of needle removers studies carried out for WHO by Elizabetta Rapiti, and entitled "Review of studies conducted on the use of ne...

POST 00891E : NEEDLE REMOVERS REVIEW 22 February 2006 ___________________________________ Yves Chartier (mailto:[email protected]) from WHO/Geneva sends a review of needle removers studies carried out for WHO by Elizabetta Rapiti, and entitled "Review of studies conducted on the use of ne...

POST 00845E : ERRATA POST 00831E 19 October 2005 _____________________________________ It seems that the original text of Bob Chen's contribution (Post 00831E of September 4) may have created some confusion. Indeed, cost figures were to be read in cents, not fraction of cents. Costs in Ukrai...

POST 00845E : ERRATA POST 00831E 19 October 2005 _____________________________________ It seems that the original text of Bob Chen's contribution (Post 00831E of September 4) may have created some confusion. Indeed, cost figures were to be read in cents, not fraction of cents. Costs in Ukrai...