Post00289 TECHNOLOGIES FOR 21ST CENTURY 19 October 2000 CONTENTS 1. TECHNOLOGIES FOR 21ST CENTURY PAPER 2. 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 ema...

Post00285 MISSING DPT-1 DATA PART 3 9 October 2000 CONTENTS 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 ...

Post00282 MISSING DPT-1 DATA? 2 October 2000 CONTENTS 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 ____________________________________*________...

Post00280 MONITORING THE IMPACT OF POLIO ERADICATION 26 SEPTEMBER 2000 CONTENTS 1. CHECKLIST AND INDICATORS FOR MONITORING THE IMPACT OF POLIO ERADICATION 2. PROGRESS TOWARD POLIOMYELITIS ERADICATION: EUROPEAN REGION 1998-JUNE 2K 1. CHECKLIST AND INDICATORS FOR MONITORING THE IMPACT OF PO...

Post00278 GAVI GUIDELINES FORMS + VAX INTRO + UPDATES 20 September 2000 CONTENTS 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 8 SEPT...

Post00269 VACCINE RECONSTITUTION + V NEWS 28 July 2000 CONTENTS 1. VACCINE RECONSTITUTION: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS 2. VACCINE NEWS 1. VACCINE RECONSTITUTION: PROBLEMS, APPROACHES AND SOLUTIONS PATH has begun investigating improvements to the reconstitution process of lyophilized vaccin...

Post00266 * URGENT * FAULTY VVMS * URGENT * 13 July 2000 CONTENTS 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 suppli...

Post00264 HEALTHCARE WASTE MANAGEMENT 4 July 2000 CONTENTS 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...

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...

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. UNIJ...

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...