POST 01317E: PQS E10 NEEDLE DISABLER DEVICES: ATTACHMENTS 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 ******************************************* Inadvertently, the relevant documents were not attached to the earlier post; the error is hereby rectified. Apologies. --------- Dear TechNet21 members, Please be ...

POST 01316E: COMMENTS INVITED ON PQS E10 NEEDLE DISABLER DEVICES 3 SEPTEMBER 2008 ******************************************* Dear TechNet21 members, Please be informed that PQS E10 needle disabler devices performance specifications and verification protocol are released for comments. We...

POST 01313E: SAFE INJECTION: AVOIDING OVER PENETRATION FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS: 01308E, 01309E & 01310E 28 AUGUST 2008 ******************************************* Thickness of subcutaneous tissue can be judged by pinching. When needle pierces the muscle the same can also be felt so if heal...

POST 01310E: KNOWLEDGE OF OPTIMAL NEEDLE LENGTH FOR INJECTION IMPORTANT 24 AUGUST 2008 ******************************************* Dear Forum, Injection Safety is definitely a Big problem in India. Health workers still administer injections in the gluteal region instead of thigh- as valid...

POST 01309E: SAFE INJECTION PRACTICES AND TRAINING MORE IMPORTANT FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01308E 22AUGUST 2008 ******************************************* Hello Group, My response to the questions raised by Dr. Sood are as follows:- [list=1] Are the results generalisable to children in d...

POST 01303E: NEEDLE REMOVER DEVICE: FIELD EXPERIENCE 12 AUGUST 2008 ******************************************* Dear Moderator, PATH would like to post the following message to follow up on needle remover experiences. Best wishes, Nancy -------- Safely managing infectious sh...

POST 01300E: ALTERNATIVE USE OF PORTABLE STEAM STERILIZERS FOLLOW-UP ON POST01299E 7 AUGUST 2008 ******************************************* An addition to what Michel said. If steam sterilizers are used for sterilizing instruments, it is critical that the instruments are clean before being ...

POST 01299E: ALTERNATIVE USE OF PORTABLE STEAM STERILIZERS 5 AUGUST 2008 ******************************************* Apologies for the delay in posting this query and the response -------- Dear all, I would like to thank everyone for all those informative articles posted in this forum...

POST 00808E : INJECTION SAFETY 5 July 2005 _____________________________________ The Ministry of Health of Kenya, with support from John Snow International, has published a reference manual for health workers. Thanks to Dr. Jackson Songa from JSI and Bob Davis from UNICEF/ESARO, chapters on ...

POST 00783E : INJECTION SAFETY 30 April 2005 _____________________________________ Dina Pfeifer (mailto:[email protected]) shares the follwing information. _____________________________________ Latest issue of Weekly Epidemiological Records contains an article on global status of immuniza...

POST 00773E : INTERVAL INJURY-PROTECTION Follow-up on Post 00764E 9 April 2005 _____________________________________ In response to Vladimir Petrovic's request, this posting contains two contributions. The first is from (mailto:[email protected]) from the United States and the second f...

POST 00712E : ACCIDENTAL NEEDLESTICK Follow-up on Posts 00701E, 00706E and 00708E 31 August 2004 _____________________________________ Two more contributions were received on this topic. The first is from Anil Varshney (mailto:[email protected]) from India. The second is from Willia...

POST 00708E : ACCIDENTAL NEEDLESTICK Follow-up on Posts 00701E and 00706E 21 August 2004 _______________________________ Amber Hogan (mailto:[email protected]) from the United States discusses preventive measures of accidental needlesticks. _______________________________ Best practi...

POST 00706E : ACCIDENTAL NEEDLESTICK Follow-up on Post 00701E 15 August 2004 _______________________________ Two replies were received following Vladimir's Petrovic's posting (00701E). The first is from Steve Wiersma (mailto:[email protected]) from WHO who discusses the issue. The second ...

POST 00701E : ACCIDENTAL NEEDLESTICK 28 July 2004 _______________________________ Vladimir Petrovic (mailto:[email protected]) from Serbia-Montenegro, asks a question that goes far beyond the scope of secondary prevention in public health. I will let specialists respond to the question of immed...

POST 00570E : CONTAMINATION OF OPEN VIALS 8 June 2003 ______________________________________________ Lynda Le Le Yi (mailto:[log in to unmask]) Regional Immunization Officer at the UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia (ROSA) is requesting information of the degree of contamination of open vac...

POST 00563E : CONTAMINATION STUDY OF NEEDLE REMOVERS Follow-up on Post 00509E, 00510E, 00512E, 00514E and 00557E 1 May 2003 _______________________________________________________ In POST 00557E, PATH was informing us that the "Comparative Study the Evaluating Surface Contamination o...

POST 00557E : CONTAMINATION STUDY OF NEEDLE REMOVERS Follow-up on Post 00509E, 00510E, 00512E and 00514E 3 April 2003 ____________________________________________________ Janet Vail (mailto:[log in to unmask]) and Debra Kristensen (mailto:[log in to unmask]) inform us that the report of t...

POST 00514E : CONTAMINATION STUDY OF NEEDLE REMOVERS Follow-up on Post 00509E, 00510E and 00512E 26 October 2002 _____________________________________________________________ Anthony Battersby (mailto:[log in to unmask]) comments on Janet Vail's response (post 00512E) and Anil Varshney (m...

POST 00512E : CONTAMINATION STUDY OF NEEDLE REMOVERS Follow-up on Post 00509E and 00510E 20 October 2002 __________________________________________________________ Anthony Battersby (mailto:[log in to unmask]) comments on Mary Catlin's contribution (Post 00510E) and Janet Vail (mailto:[lo...