POST 00831E : COST OF SHARPS WASTE MANAGEMENT 5 September 2005 _____________________________________ Bob Chen (mailto:[email protected]) from the United States request information about the actual costs of sharps waste management. _____________________________________ One way to implement ...

POST 00830E : DESTRUCTION OF PLASTIC SYRINGES Follow-up on Posts 00819E and 00824E 3 September 2005 _____________________________________ This posting contains four contributions. Although posted late due to translation constraints, as the campaign in Côte d'Ivoire is over, they are o...

POST 00824E : DESTRUCTION OF PLASTIC SYRINGES Follow-up on Post 00819E 17 August 2005 _____________________________________ A few contributions were received in response to Godiskine Attemene's request. The first is from Anthony Battersby (mailto:[email protected]) from the UK, and th...

POST 00819E : DESTRUCTION OF PLASTIC SYRINGES 4 August 2005 _____________________________________ Godiskine Attemene (mailto:[email protected]) from Côte d'Ivoire asks some specific and practical questions about the destruction of plastic syringes. Please reply directly as it becom...

POST 00811E : HEALTH CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT 16 July 2005 _____________________________________ Yves Chartier (mailto:[email protected]) from WHO informs us that the health care waste management site has been redesigned and improved (see below). Also, Luiz Diaz (mailto:[email protected])...

POST 00804E : UNIVERSAL SAFETY BOX Follow-up on Post 00794E 23 June 2005 _____________________________________ Ville Lehto (mailto:[email protected]) from Finland replies to Franck Bouvet's suggestion _____________________________________ Dear all, I would like to comment...

POST 00794E : UNIVERSAL SAFETY BOX 30 May 2005 _____________________________________ Franck Bouvet (mailto:[email protected]) from France, is pleading below for a universal safety box. (original contribution in French) _____________________________________ Hello, First: Things...

POST 00748E : HEALTH CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT: MINOR GENERATORS 30 January 2005 __________________________________________ Vali Yousefi (mailto:[email protected]) from South Africa requests information on issues of health-care waste management. Yves Chartier (mailto:[email protected]) f...

POST 00722E : WASTE MANAGEMENT : DRAFTS FOR COMMENTS 17 October 2004 _____________________________________ NOTE : There were still errors in Hemanthi's @ddress. I had only paid attention to the missing "e", overlooking the inversion of two letters. So here I hope the right one : ...

POST 00719E : WASTE MANAGEMENT : CORRECTED LINK 1 October 2004 _____________________________________ My apologies ! It was reported to me that the link isn't functional. Obviously, I had forgotten the extension. So here is the corrected link : http://www.technet21.org/Policy-HCW-final_Englis...

POST 00717E : WASTE MANAGEMENT : WHO POLICY PAPER 30 September 2004 _____________________________________ The final English and French versions of the WHO policy paper on health-care waste management have now been published. Click on the following link to download the English version: ht...

POST 00715E : WASTE MANAGEMENT : AN ARTICLE 17 September 2004 _____________________________________ Philippe JAILLARD (mailto:[email protected]) from Bénin shares an article from the French daily "Libération" of 6 Septembre that gives edifying informations on hospital waste manage...

POST 00705E : GLASS SYRINGES DISPOSAL Follow-up on Posts 00696E, 00700E and 00704E 12 August 2004 _______________________________ Philippe Jaillard (mailto:[email protected]) from AMP replies to Anthony Battersby's message (Post 00700E) _______________________________ Dear Anthony,...

POST 00704E : GLASS SYRINGES DISPOSAL Follow-up on Posts 00696E and 00700E 8 August 2004 _______________________________ Anil Varshney ([log in to unmask]">mailto:[log in to unmask]) from India proposes a solution for glass syringes disposal. _______________________________ ...

POST 00700E : GLASS SYRINGES DISPOSAL Follow-up on Post 00696E 24 July 2004 _______________________________ Two contributions were received on this topic of glass syringes disposal following Philippe Jaillard's request (Post 00696E). The first is from Chambard-Benalleg (mailto:chambar...

POST 00699E : VACCINATION WITH NO SYRINGE BURNED 21 July 2004 _______________________________ Jorge Emmanuel (mailto:[email protected]) is circulating this press release concerning syringe disposal without incineration during a measles follow-up campaign. He is one of the authors of...

POST 00696E : GLASS SYRINGES DISPOSAL 12 July 2004 _______________________________ In middle-income countries, a number of vaccines are proposed in pre-filled single-dose glass syringes. Such countries do not always have the infrastructures and financial means of rich countries, and experience...

POST 00690E : WASTE MANAGEMENT EVALUATION Follow-up on Posts 00665E and 00675E 25 June 2004 ____________________________ It is true that Health Care Waste should be treated in a global and integrated manner. However, this requires qualified human resources, sophisticated techniques, and ...

POST 00687E : PERSISTANT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS 18 June 2004 _______________________________ Yves Chartier (mailto:[email protected]) from WHO is informing us, as well as SIGNPost members, that the Stockholm Convention on POPs has become international law last May 17, launching a global campaig...

POST 00675E : WASTE MANAGEMENT EVALUATION Follow-up on Post 00665E 18 May 2004 _______________________________ Samuel Kamau (mailto:[email protected]) from Kenya comments and makes suggestions on waste management system evaluation. ___________________________ Dear Dr.Dial I re...