POST 01305E: HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGEMENT: WEIGHTED DECISION-MAKING APPROACH FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01295E & 01296E 15 AUGUST 2008 ******************************************* Dear Moderator, I would like to respond to the important issues raised by Vijay on July 29, 2008. Safe, affor...

POST 01302E: SYRINGE MELTING DEVICES FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01285E 10 AUGUST 2008 ******************************************* Dear Moderator, In response to Anthony Battersby's syringe melting posting of 30 June 2008, PATH would like to offer the following thoughts on the subject: PATH ha...

POST 01296E: BETTER TO HAVE SOME WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEM THAN NONE AT ALL FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01295E 30 JULY 2008 ******************************************* Vijay- Thank you for making this excellent point that we need a feasibility baseline before adopting a medical waste disposal "syste...

POST 01286E: WASTE MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES/SOLAR TECHNOLOGY FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01273E, 01283E, 01284E, 01285E 2 JULY 2008 ******************************************* NEW PRESENTATION OF PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE I agree fully with Anthony, I would warn however that at least one of the new vaccines (...

POST 01285E: REDUCING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF IMMUNIZATION SERVICES FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01273E, 01283E, 01284E 30 JUNE 2008 ******************************************* SYRINGE MELTING DEVICES Dear Moderator, The single biggest issue for climate change in immunization is the destruction of used...

POST 01284E: CLIMATE CHANGE/PLASTIC AND PACKAGING FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01283E 26 JUNE 2008 ******************************************* Rosamund Lewis, Member of the HPV Global Community of Practice Steering Committee, shares with us the web address of a site that suggests practical ways in whic...

POST 01222E: SMALL-SCALE INCINERATORS FOR SAFETY BOXES 5FEBRUARY 2008 Follow-up on post: POST 01220E ************************************************************ In response to the question you raised about a small-scale incinerator that can burn safety boxes, I wish to direct you to cont...

POST 01220E: WANTED-SMALL-SCALE INCINERATORS FOR SAFETY BOXES 31 JANUARY 2008 _____________________________________________________________ Toryalai Hart writes in with a query for SSIs that can handle healthcare waste which comprises large quantities of plastic. ***********************...

POST 01180E : WASTE MANAGEMENT 2 November 2007 ______________________________ Two documents are now available on-line on the WHO Healthcare Waste Management website. "WHO core principles for achieving safe and sustainable management of health care waste". And the final ...

POST 01121E : WASTE MANAGEMENT Follow-up on Post 01111E 13 July 2007 _____________________________________ Modibo Dicko's message generated three contributions. The first is from [log in to unmask]">Henrique Menezes d'Alva, from Angola. [log in to unmask]">John Lloyd, fro...

POST 01111E : WASTE MANAGEMENT 23 June 2007 _____________________________________ [log in to unmask]">Modibo [log in to unmask]"> Dicko, from WHO/AFRO, shares two interesting documents on waste management with his analysis and conclusions. Hyperlinks below will give access to r...

POST 01077E : WASTE MANAGEMENT REPORT 12 April 2007 ____________________________________ Carib Nelson (mailto:[email protected]) from PATH is sending the following report. ____________________________________ At the following link is a report on a successful non-incineration system f...

POST 01064E : WHO HEALTH CARE WASTE WEBSITE 12 March 2007 ____________________________________ I have the pleasure to announce that the health care waste web site at WHO has today on average over 110 visitors each day. Knowing the specificity of the topic, this rather new site is quick...

POST 00886E : NEW DOCUMENT ON WASTE MANAGEMENT 8 February 2006 ______________________________ Yves Chartier (mailto:[email protected]) from WHO, is submitting the following document "Management of waste from injection activities at district level", for your appreciation. For di...

POST 00849E : MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT : AN EXAMPLE 31 October 2005 _____________________________________ Carib Nelson (mailto:[email protected]) is sending a document describing the model of a medical waste management system in Indonesia. The document (430 KB) is available for download fr...

POST 00846E : DESTRUCTION OF PLASTIC SYRINGES Follow-up on Posts 00819E, 00824E, 00830E, 00832E, 00835E and 00842E 23 October 2005 _____________________________________ Godiskine Attéméné (mailto:[email protected]) from WHO/Côte d'Ivoire, informs us that they had finally decided...

POST 00842E : DESTRUCTION OF PLASTIC SYRINGES Follow-up on Posts 00819E, 00824E, 00830E, 00832E and 00835E 10 October 2005 _____________________________________ This posting contains five contributions. The first is from Michael R. Werner (mailto:[email protected]) from the Unit...

POST 00839E : COST OF SHARPS WASTE MANAGEMENT Follow-up on Post 00831E 3 October 2005 _____________________________________ Ville Lehto (mailto:[email protected]) from Finland has the following comments on Bob Chen's posting. _____________________________________ Bob Che...

POST 00835E : DESTRUCTION OF PLASTIC SYRINGES Follow-up on Posts 00819E, 00824E, 00830E and 00832E 20 September 2005 _____________________________________ Ville Lehto (mailto:[email protected]) from Finland contributes again on the topic, commenting on Anil Varshney's suggestion...

POST 00832E : DESTRUCTION OF PLASTIC SYRINGES Follow-up on Posts 00819E, 00824E and 00830E 8 September 2005 _____________________________________ This posting contains three further contributions on this topic. The first is from Jonathan Colton (mailto:[email protected]) and ...