POST 01054E : DILUENTS

POST 01054E : DILUENTS 16 February 2007 ________________________________________ Vijay Kiran (mailto:[email protected]) from India has the following two questions here below. ________________________________________ Dear TechNet, We stress on the need to use correct diluents for reconstitution and also inform the health functionaries to use the diluents supplied from the same manufacturer, the same batch number. My questions are, 1. What happens if we use a different diluent, for example, using normal saline to reconstitute Measles vaccine, and double distilled water to BCG. 2. What happens if we use the diluent from a different manufacturer. Thank you, Dr. Vijay Kiran Country Representative IMMUNIZATIONbasics New Delhi. ______________________________________________________________________________ All members of the TechNet21 e-Forum are invited to send comments on any posting or to use the forum to raise a new discussion or request technical information in relation to immunization services. The comments made in this forum are the sole responsibility of the writers and do not in any way mean that they are endorsed by any of the organizations and agencies to which the authors may belong. ______________________________________________________________________________ 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) __________________________