POST 00670E : PIS EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK

POST 00670E : PIS EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE FEEDBACK 4 May 2004 ________________________________ Andrew Garnett (mailto:[email protected]) from the UK is requesting feedback from the field on PIS equipment. The feedback issue has also been raised during the recent TechNet21 consultation. For almost two years now a feedback form is available on the TechNet21 website. Some participants in the meeting reported problems with equipment or spare parts. Still only one person sent the feedback form until now and it seems many complain without ever reporting. Maybe some people use other channels but there is no way to know problems if they go unreported. So if you ever experienced problems please reply to Andrew and also fill the form on the home page of the website (http://www.technet21.org). It would help everybody ! ________________________________ I am working on a guideline for UNICEF Supply Division on the monitoring of equipment performance in the field. This relates both to current PIS products and to products that will be pre-qualified under the forthcoming PQS initiative. I would welcome contributions from Technet members on their own experiences in this area. Specifically: 1) Where significant manufacturing defects have been detected in the field, how have these been dealt with. For example: - has the product manufacturer been contacted and, if so, what has been the outcome? - has UNICEF-SD been contacted and, if so, what has been the outcome? 2) The PATH vaccine freezing study in Indonesia and Soren Spanner's similar ILR study in India and Nepal have been well-reported, as have a number of recent field trials on incinerators and other near-market equipment. Do members know of any other recent in-country studies looking at the performance and reliability of established products? Regards, Andrew Garnett ______________________________________________________________________________ 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:[email protected] 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) ______________________________________________________________________________