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Post00304 VACCINE FREEZING CONTINUED 13 December 2000
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Post00299 VACCINE FREEZING CONTINUED
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Post00302 AD SYRINGES FOR VAX RECONSTITUTION 30 November 2000
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PROVISION OF A-D RECONSTITUTION SYRINGES: DESIGN & AVAILABILITY ISSES
John Lloyd, PATH/CVP writes "One technical issue which emerged from the last
Fund review is that the Fund should, in addition to providing AD syr...
Post00302 AD SYRINGES FOR VAX RECONSTITUTION 30 November 2000
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PROVISION OF A-D RECONSTITUTION SYRINGES: DESIGN & AVAILABILITY ISSES
John Lloyd, PATH/CVP writes "One technical issue which emerged from the last
Fund review is that the Fund should, in addition to providing AD syr...
Post00301 VACCINE FREEZING: REFERENCES 28 November 2000
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VACCINE FREEZING: REFERENCES
This list of reference documents on vaccine freezing was kindly posted by
Debbie Kristensen, PATH.
The problem of vaccine freezing has been around since the earliest days of
the Expanded Program ...
Post00300 EMPLOYMENT FEEDBACK 2 21 November 2000
CONTENTS
EMPLOYMENT FEEDBACK CONTINUED
MORE FEEDBACK ON JOB OFFERINGS
GREYING TECHNET: INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE?
EMPLOYMENT FEEDBACK CONTINUED
In Technet Post00298 Employment Feedback, 14 November 2000, Robert
Steinglass, BASICS II, repli...
Post00299 VACCINE FREEZING CONTINUED 16 November 2000
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MODERATORS NOTE ON VACCINE FREEZING
LOW TEMPERATURE PROTECTION: IN TRANSPORT
LOW TEMPERATURE PROTECTION: REFRIGERATORS
THE USE OF INDICATORS: THE STOPWATCH
OTHER THOUGHTS...
The Technet'99 report and presentations are avai...
Post00298 EMPLOYMENT FEEDBACK 14 November 2000
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EMPLOYMENT FEEDBACK
EMPLOYMENT FEEDBACK
More then 20 immunization and logistics positions have been included in
Technet Forum posts during the last year.
In Post00292, EMPLOYMENT, 26 October 2000 the following question was
post...
Post00296 SOCIAL MOBILIZATION TIPS 3 November 2000
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1. TIPS:SOCIAL MOBILIZATION AND COMMUNICATION SUPPORT FOR POLIO ERADICATION
2. REMINDER: TECHNET IS AT A CROSSROADS!
3. REMINDER: QUESTIONNAIRE [SURVEY CLOSES SOON!]
REMINDER:
Please Complete Survey posted below * If you have alr...
Post00293 FREEZE WATCH INDICATORS, EXPIRY DATES & USE 27 October 2000
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FREEZEWATCH EXPIRY DATE AND USE OF FREEZEWATCH INDICATORS
WHO and vaccine manufacturers warn against freezing of DTP, DT, Td, TT, Hb,
HIB and other liquid vaccines. Recent data suggests that temperatures bel...
Post00289 TECHNOLOGIES FOR 21ST CENTURY 19 October 2000
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TECHNOLOGIES FOR 21ST CENTURY PAPER
SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
Moderators Note:
In Post00286, TECHNET SURVEY, on 12 October 2000, A Technet Survey website
link and form was posted.
If you have already replied by email or on web...
Post00285 MISSING DPT-1 DATA PART 3 9 October 2000
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1. RE: Post00283 MISSING DPT-1 DATA PART 2
In Technet Post00282, 2 October 2000, Robert Steinglass, BASICS, asked
"SHOULDN'T WHO BE ASKING FOR DTP 1 DATA?", particularly since countries
already collect the data. Some reasons for co...
Post00282 MISSING DPT-1 DATA? 2 October 2000
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1. SHOULDN'T WHO BE ASKING FOR DTP 1 DATA?
Moderators Note:
The files of the 1997 Product Information Sheets are back
on the WHO/V&B web site: http://www.who.int/vaccines-access/pis.htm
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SHOULDN'T WHO BE ASKING FOR DTP 1 DATA?...
Post00280 MONITORING THE IMPACT OF POLIO ERADICATION 26 SEPTEMBER 2000
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1. CHECKLIST AND INDICATORS FOR MONITORING THE IMPACT OF POLIO ERADICATION
2. PROGRESS TOWARD POLIOMYELITIS ERADICATION: EUROPEAN REGION 1998-JUNE 2K
CHECKLIST AND INDICATORS FOR MONITORING THE IMPACT OF POLIO E...
Post00278 GAVI GUIDELINES FORMS + VAX INTRO + UPDATES 20 September 2000
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1. REVISED GAVI APPLICATION FILES AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
2. WHO & ACCELERATED VACCINE INTRODUCTION
3. DOWNLOAD GUIDELINES AND FORMS: ASSESSMENT OF IMMUNIZATION SERVICES
4. GAVI & GFCV INFORMATION UPDATE ...
Post00269 VACCINE RECONSTITUTION + V NEWS 28 July 2000
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1. VACCINE RECONSTITUTION: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
2. VACCINE NEWS
VACCINE RECONSTITUTION: PROBLEMS, APPROACHES AND SOLUTIONS
PATH has begun investigating improvements to the reconstitution process of
lyophilized vaccines su...
Post00266 * URGENT * FAULTY VVMS * URGENT * 13 July 2000
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1. SOLUTION NEEDED: FAULTY VVMS
Dianne Philips, DOH/SA, kindly shares a problem with the TECHNET which
requires urgent solutions!
Some, but not all, Vaccine Vial Monitor labels on oral polio vaccine now
being supplied are...
Post00264 HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGEMENT 4 July 2000
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1. NEW: WORLD BANK HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGEMENT GUIDANCE NOTE
Marcia Rock, WB/PHTG/HDN/HNP, has kindly posted the Banks' recent health
care waste management guidelines. The text of the executive summary follows
Marcia's introduction.
T...
Post00261 MDVP 27 June 2000
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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 usage ar...
Post00261 MDVP 27 June 2000
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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 usage ar...
Post00262 VACCINES + IMMUNIZATION 27 June 2000
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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 under crit...
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