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Post Market Monitoring (PMM) of immunization cold chain equipment (CCE) involves collecting and analysing performance data from health and storage facilities to support timely correcti...
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POST 01311E: MIS FOR IMMUNIZATION (TOPICS FOR TECHNET21 2008 MEETING)
FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01301E & 01306E
27 AUGUST 2008
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Dear Padmini,
Can I suggest another topic, one that plagues us in India: Recording and
Reporting—a simplified MIS f...
POST 01311E: MIS FOR IMMUNIZATION (TOPICS FOR TECHNET21 2008 MEETING)
FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01301E & 01306E
27 AUGUST 2008
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Dear Padmini,
Can I suggest another topic, one that plagues us in India: Recording and
Reporting—a simplified MIS f...
POST 01310E: KNOWLEDGE OF OPTIMAL NEEDLE LENGTH FOR INJECTION IMPORTANT
24 AUGUST 2008
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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
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Hello Group,
My response to the questions raised by Dr. Sood are as follows:-
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Are the results generalisable to children in d...
POST 01308E: APPLICABILITY OF CDC’S INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION RECOMMENDATIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
20 AUGUST 2008
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For most childhood vaccines, intramuscular injection is the preferred route of administration. The vastus lateralis muscle of the t...
POST 01307E: HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGEMENT: NEED FOR TRAINING/SUPERVISION
FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01295E, 01296E & 01305E
19 AUGUST 2008
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Dear Friends,
In Developing country settings (like India) Biomedical Waste Management is given low priority...
POST 01305E: HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGEMENT: WEIGHTED DECISION-MAKING APPROACH
FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01295E & 01296E
15 AUGUST 2008
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Dear Moderator,
I would like to respond to the important issues raised by Vijay on July 29, 2008.
Safe, affor...
POST 01303E: NEEDLE REMOVER DEVICE: FIELD EXPERIENCE
12 AUGUST 2008
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Dear Moderator,
PATH would like to post the following message to follow up on needle remover experiences.
Best wishes,
Nancy
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Safely managing infectious sh...
POST 01302E: SYRINGE MELTING DEVICES
FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01285E
10 AUGUST 2008
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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 01300E: ALTERNATIVE USE OF PORTABLE STEAM STERILIZERS FOLLOW-UP ON POST01299E
7 AUGUST 2008
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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
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Apologies for the delay in posting this query and the response
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Dear all,
I would like to thank everyone for all those informative articles posted in this forum...
POST 01298E: NEEDLE-FREE INJECTORS
FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01292E
3 AUGUST 2008
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PATH is researching the use of disposable-cartridge jet injectors (DCJIs) for the delivery of vaccines in developing-country public-sector immunization programs. DCJIs pot...
POST 01296E: BETTER TO HAVE SOME WASTE DISPOSAL SYSTEM THAN NONE AT ALL
FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01295E
30 JULY 2008
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Vijay- Thank you for making this excellent point that we need a feasibility baseline before adopting a medical waste disposal "syste...
POST 01295E: NEED FOR A FEASIBILITY BASELINE FOR MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL METHODS
29 JULY 2008
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Vijay Machcha from ITPI stresses the need to introduce the concept of baseline for medical waste disposal technologies just as it is done for CDM projects.
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POST 01293E: MANAGING POLIO VIRUS
23 JULY 2008
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Both the contributions have been cross-posted from CSU. A big thank you to Bob Davis and Evelyn Chege.
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Meeting in Geneva in May, the governing body of the World Health Organization passed an u...
POST 01292E: NEEDLE-FREE/COLD CHAIN-FREE VACCINE DELIVERY
20 JULY 2008
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A peep into the future with regard to needle-free vaccine delivery reveals that innumerable innovative technologies are being researched to deliver vaccines. These range from aeros...
POST 01288E: TECHNOLOGY IS MORE THAN EQUIPMENT
8 JULY 2008
FOLLOW-UP ON POST 01286E
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In response to Dr Rajesh Sood. In Jharkand, a state in northern India, 100+ solar refrigerators were installed about 3 to 4 years ago. The US-imported refrigerators w...
POST 01286E: WASTE MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES/SOLAR TECHNOLOGY
FOLLOW-UP ON POSTS 01273E, 01283E, 01284E, 01285E
2 JULY 2008
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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
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SYRINGE MELTING DEVICES
Dear Moderator,
The single biggest issue for climate change in immunization is the destruction of used...
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