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POST 00699E : VACCINATION WITH NO SYRINGE BURNED 21 July 2004
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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 00698E : OPINIONS ON THERMOMETERS 19 July 2004
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Hello,
For sharp waste management we have installed 51 incinerators De Monfort in
Senegal. Keeping in line with usage instructions, we suggest that each
operator should be equipped with a thermometer. Our re...
POST 00697E : LOGISTICS TRAINING
Follow-up on Post 00689E
15 July 2004
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This discussion started on the topic "From HFC/CFC to HC-based
Refrigeration". It progressed by moving towards logistics training which
was essentially the topic of the previo...
POST 00696E : GLASS SYRINGES DISPOSAL 12 July 2004
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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 00695E : APPROACHES TO ELIMINATING FREEZING : HEALTH WORKERS' VIEWS
Follow-up on Post 00684E and 00693E
9 July 2004
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Robert Davis (mailto:[email protected]) from UNICEF/ESARO shares results of
an opinion poll carried among Tanzanian health workers on ap...
POST 00694E : PIS EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK
Follow-up on Posts 00670E, 00676E and 00688E
5 July 2004
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Abdoulaye Djigo (mailto:[email protected]) from Sénégal gives his point of view
on the performance of some refrigerators. The example he gives of a privat...
POST 00693E : APPROACHES TO ELIMINATING FREEZING : A STUDY REPORT
Follow-up on Post 00684E
3 July 2004
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Alejo Bejemino (mailto:[email protected]) shares the Afghan experience
in the transport of freeze-sensitive vaccines.
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POST 00691E : EXPERIENCE WITH VISITEMP DATALOGGER?
27 June 2004
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Alasdair Wylie (mailto:[email protected]) from the UK is
interested to know if anyone has used the new VisiTemp data logger produced
by Remonsys which was introduced at Technet, and if so ...
POST 00690E : WASTE MANAGEMENT EVALUATION
Follow-up on Posts 00665E and 00675E
25 June 2004
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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 00689E : FROM HFC/CFC TO HC-BASED REFRIGERATION
Follow-up on Posts 00513E, 00634E, 00638E, 00644E, 00648E, 00654E, 00663E
and 00673E
24 June 2004
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Modibo Dicko (mailto:[email protected]) from WHO AFRO comes in support of
Abdoulaye Djigo's comments on trai...
POST 00688E : PIS EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK
Follow-up on Posts 00670E and 00676E
21 June 2004
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Three further contributions were received on this topic. The first is by
Adelaide Shearley (mailto:[email protected]) from WHO Namibia and the
second tra...
POST 00687E : PERSISTANT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS
18 June 2004
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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 00686E : VACCINE MANAGEMENT ILLUSTRATIONS 14 June 2004
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A CD containing the vaccine management training cluster illustrations is
available from WHO HQ.
Those who want a copy should apply to Ms. Christine Husser at WHO
HQ (mailto:[email protected]) with t...
POST 00692E : HepB VACCINE DOSES INTERVAL
Follow-up on Posts 00674E and 00682E
29 June 2004
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Amber Hogan, (mailto:[email protected]) from the USA offers further advice
on HepB vaccination schedule. These are consistent with recommandations
already publishe...
POST 00685E : GAS REFRIGERATORS : REQUEST FOR FIELD OPINIONS
12 June 2004
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Bob Davis (mailto:[email protected]) would be grateful for recent field
feedback on the following gas-fueled refrigerator makes:
Electrolux, especially the Electrolux RCW 50EG/CF (Bl...
POST 00684E : APPROACHES TO ELIMINATING FREEZING : A STUDY REPORT 9 June 2004
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Carib Nelson (mailto:[email protected]) informs us of a study done at PATH.
The full document "Approaches to Eliminating Freezing in Vaccine
Carriers—Testing Report Summary—&q...
POST 00683E : VACCINE FORECAST
Follow-up on Posts 00649E, 00662E, 00671E and 00672E
7 June 2004
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Michel Zaffran (mailto:[email protected]) from WHO makes a statement on the
issue of vaccine forecast
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POST 00682E : HepB VACCINE DOSES INTERVAL
Follow-up on Post 00674E
3 June 2004
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Three colleagues contributed answers to Vladimir Petrovic's question on
HepB doses interval. First Ann Kempe (mailto:[email protected]) from
Australia, followed by Mary Ca...
POST 00681E : VACCINE WASTAGE
Follow-up on Post 00620E and all postings on Vaccine Forecast
28 May 2004
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Ãœmit Kartoglu (mailto:[email protected]) from WHO clarifies some points on
vaccine wastage in relation with the document he authored on the subject
an...
POST 00680E : ADDENDUM TO GAVI UPDATE 26 May 2004
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