POST 00603E : DESTRUCTION OF VACCINES

POST 00603E : DESTRUCTION OF VACCINES 12 September 2003 ________________________________________ Florence Fermon (mailto:[log in to unmask]) and Sophie-Marie Scouflaire (mailto:[log in to unmask]) from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are asking for expert advice on the best method for destroying unusable vaccines. ________________________________________ An often-asked question in the field : How to destroy unusable vaccines (expired, cold-chain failure...)? Concretely we have to destroy a stock of measles vaccine. What realistic field method do you recommend? Do we really need to use encapsulation? Thank you for your help. Florence Fermon - Medical Department MSF Paris Sophie-Marie Scouflaire - Pharmacist MSF Paris ______________________________________________________________ Visit the TECHNET21 Website at http://www.technet21.org You will find instructions to subscribe, a direct access to archives, links to reference documents and other features. ______________________________________________________________________________ To UNSUBSCRIBE, send a message to : mailto:[log in to unmask] Leave the subject area BLANK In the message body, write unsubscribe TECHNET21E ______________________________________________________________________________ The World Health Organization and UNICEF support TechNet21. The TechNet21 e-Forum is a communication/information tool for generation of ideas on how to improve immunization services. It is moderated by Claude Letarte and is hosted in cooperation with the Centre de coopération internationale en santé et développement, Québec, Canada (http://www.ccisd.org) ______________________________________________________________________________