Post00261 MDVP 27 June 2000 CONTENTS 1. IS MDVP BEING WIDELY IMPLEMENTED? RESPONSE! The Multi-Dose Vial Policy (previously the Open Vial Policy) recommends the continued use of multi-dose vials of DTP/TT/DT/Hb/OPV beyond one immunization session provided conditions of safe storage and us...

Post00262 VACCINES + IMMUNIZATION 27 June 2000 CONTENT 1. REPORT URGES IMPROVED VACCINATIONS By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) 17 June 2000 via NewsEdge Corporation - Vaccinations of America's toddlers may be at a record high, but the immunization system is und...

Post00262 VACCINES + IMMUNIZATION 27 June 2000 CONTENT 1. REPORT URGES IMPROVED VACCINATIONS By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) 17 June 2000 via NewsEdge Corporation - Vaccinations of America's toddlers may be at a record high, but the immunization system is und...

Post00268 FAULTY VVMs PROBLEM: EXTENT & SOLUTIONS 26 July 2000 CONTENTS 1. FAULTY VVMs: THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM 2. FAULTY VVMs: SUGGESTIONS AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS Moderators Note: In Post00266, Dianne Phillips. DOH/SA, asked for help with solutions to the managerial, ...

Post00259 WASTE MANAGEMENT 20 June 2000 CONTENTS 1. HEALTH CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT: WHO STRATEGY, REPORT, AIDE MEMOIRE 2. ENVIRON.COM:Free Waste Management Software 3. KIDS ILL AFTER SMALLPOX VACCINE EXPOSURE AFTER FINDING IN WASTE - RUSSIA 1. HEALTH CARE WASTE MANAGEMENT: WHO STRATEGY, REP...

Post00258 POLIO ERADICATION TARGET 19 June 2000 CONTENTS 1. CORRECTION: POLIO ERADICATION TARGET NOW 2005 2. POLIO NEWS 1. CORRECTION: POLIO ERADICATION TARGET NOW 2005 In Post00252, Polio Eradication Target Now 2005, 18 May 2000, TECHNET Forum posted an article from the associated P...

Post00256 WASTE MANAGEMENT 6 June 2000 CONTENTS 1. MEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT RESOURCES 2. UWEP E-MAIL BULLETIN 22 3. THE MEDCIN 400 - A LOW COST RURAL MED WASTE INCINERATOR NOW AVAILABLE Greetings from Rome! ____________________________________*______________________________________ 1. ...

Post00255 MDVP 2 June 2000 CONTENTS 1. IS MDVP BEING WIDELY IMPLEMENTED? 2. INTERESTING VARIATION ON THE MULTI-DOSE VIAL POLICY 1. IS MDVP BEING WIDELY IMPLEMENTED? The Multi-Dose Vial Policy and before it the Open Vial Policy recommends the continued use of multi-dose vials of DTP/TT/DT...

Post00254 LOOSE ENDS : MISCELLANEOUS 30 May 2000 CONTENTS 1. CONSULTANCY OPPORTUNITY 2. ADDITIONS TO DRAFT GUIDELINES: NID QUALITY 3. RE: POLIO + NIDS TIP SHEET 4. POST00243 VACCINE FREEZING - AND CHANGING THE LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMIT 5. PROPOSED CHANGES TO PIS E3 FAMILY 6. POLIO CAMPAIGNS...

Post00253 UNIJECT UPDATE 23 May 2000 CONTENTS 1. UNIJECT UPDATE 1. UNIJECT UPDATE Debbie Kristensen, PATH, has kindly posted an update on the UNIJECT a proprietary, auto-disable, prefilled device. It combines drug or biological, syringe, and needle packaged in a sealed foil pouch. UNIJECT tech...

Post00252 POLIO ERADICATION TARGET NOW 2005 18 May 2000 CONTENTS 1. UN POLIO CAMPAIGN SUFFERS SETBACKS 2. ON TRACK FOR A WORLD CERTIFIED POLIO-FREE IN 2005 1. UN POLIO CAMPAIGN SUFFERS SETBACKS From the Associated Press: "The global campaign to eradicate polio has been hindered by...

Post00250 Product Info Sheets - 2000 8May 2000 CONTENTS 1. COMMENT RE: Post00242 PIS 2000 2. PROPOSED CHANGES TO PIS E3 FAMILY 1. COMMENT RE: Post00242 PIS 20001 In TECHNET Forum Post00224, Anthony Battersby, FBA, raised a number of issues relating to the ongoing revision of the Cold Ch...

Post00250 Product Info Sheets - 2000 8May 2000 CONTENTS 1. COMMENT RE: Post00242 PIS 2000 2. PROPOSED CHANGES TO PIS E3 FAMILY 1. COMMENT RE: Post00242 PIS 20001 In TECHNET Forum Post00224, Anthony Battersby, FBA, raised a number of issues relating to the ongoing revision of the Cold Ch...

Post00248 DRAFT GUIDELINES: NID QUALITY 5 May 2000 CONTENTS 1. RE: DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT 2. THE USE OF "ZERO-DOSE" 1. RE: DRAFT GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT In Post00245, POLIO NID QUALITY ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES, on 28 April 2000, Bob Davis, UNICEF//ESAR...

Post00245 POLIO NID QUALITY ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES 28 April 2000 CONTENTS 1. DRAFT POLIO NID QUALITY ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT 1. DRAFT POLIO NID QUALITY ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT Bob Davis, UNICEF/ESARO, introduces a draft global guidelines for evalua...

Post00244 STOCK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE 20 April 2000 CONTENTS 1. STOCK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE 1. STOCK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE As product of the Technet'90 meeting in Nicosia, a stock management software program for vaccines and other PHC commodities, equipment, and supplies was developed and tested in the...

Post00243 VACCINE FREEZING 18 April 2000 CONTENTS 1. CHANGING VACCINE STORAGE LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMIT FROM 0 TO 2 DEGREES? 2. MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES & VACCINE STORAGE TEMPERATURES 3. COOL FACTS: FREEZING IN ICE LINED REFRIGERATORS 1. CHANGING VACCINE STORAGE LOWER TEMPERATURE LIMIT FR...

Post00242 PIS 2000 13 April 2000 CONTENTS 1. PRODUCT INFORMATION SHEETS 2000: DISCUSSION 2. EQUIPMENT IN THE PIS The Product Information Sheets (PIS) are contained in the joint WHO/UNICEF 1997 publication Product Information Sheets[WHO/EPI/LHIS/97.01] and the in Product Information Sheets ...

Post00241 Polio + NIDS 11 April 2000 CONTENTS 1. SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE DURING NIDS + TIP SHEET 2. MASSIVE EFFORT TO DELIVER ONE BILLION DOSES OF POLIO VACCINE IN INDIA 3. FINAL PUSH IN CAMPAIGN TO ERADICATE POLIO 4. WHEN AND HOW TO STOP POLIO VACCINATION AFTER THE DISEASE IS E...

Post00240 INJECTION SAFETY 07 April 2000 CONTENTS 1. FIELD EVALUATION OF VACCINATION MATÉ’IEL: REPORT 2. UNIVEC CONTACT INFORMATION 3. LAUNCH OF AUTODISABLE SYRINGE WEB SITE 1. FIELD EVALUATION OF VACCINATION MATÉ’IEL: REPORT Technologies have been developed as our responses to identifie...