Post00299 VACCINE FREEZING CONTINUED 16 November 2000 CONTENTS 0. MODERATORS NOTE ON VACCINE FREEZING 1. LOW TEMPERATURE PROTECTION: IN TRANSPORT 2. LOW TEMPERATURE PROTECTION: REFRIGERATORS 3. THE USE OF INDICATORS: THE STOPWATCH 4. OTHER THOUGHTS... The Technet'99 report and prese...

Post00298 EMPLOYMENT FEEDBACK 14 November 2000 CONTENTS 1. EMPLOYMENT FEEDBACK 1. 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 questi...

Post00297 DEFANGING? + JET INJECTORS? + INCINERATORS? + 7 November 2000 CONTENTS 1. NEEDLE DEFANGING? 2. DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH-WORKLOAD JET INJECTOR 3. NO TO INCINERATORS!! ? 4. REGIONAL CENTRE ON HAZARDOUS WASTES OPENS IN SOUTH AFRICA 5. OTHER TECHNOLOGIES 1. NEEDLE DEFANGING? key i...

Post00296 SOCIAL MOBILIZATION TIPS 3 November 2000 CONTENTS 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...

Post00293 FREEZE WATCH INDICATORS, EXPIRY DATES & USE 27 October 2000 CONTENTS 1. 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 temperature...

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...