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Safe Injections

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Policy and guidelines

- Pre-qualification of single-use injection devices under the PQS system: a guideline for manufacturers (pdf, 242kb) [pdf 247kb]
- Location production of injection devices with reuse prevention features including auto-disable syringes: terms of reference for assistance by WHO in technology transfer activities - 2004 [pdf 32kb]
- Aide-Memoire for infection prevention and control in a health care facility - 2004 [pdf 180kb]
- Immunization in practice - a guideline for health-care workers (Module 4: Ensuring safe injections) - 2004 [Word]
- A reference outline for developing a national policy and plan of action for injection safety in national immunization programmes - 2003 [pdf 65KB]
- Aide-Memoire to ensure the efficiency and safety of mass immunization campaigns with injectable vaccines - 2003 [pdf 45KB]
- Safety of mass immunization campaigns - 2002 [pdf 378KB]
- WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA joint statement on the use of auto-disable syringes in immunization services - 1999 [pdf 41KB]
- Aide-Memoire for a national strategy for the safe and appropriate use of injections [pdf 64KB]
- Aide-Memoire for a strategy to protect health workers from infection with bloodborne viruses - 2003 [pdf]
- "First, do no harm" Introducing auto-disable syringes and ensuring injection safety in the immunization systems of developing countries - 2002 [pdf 1.56Mb]
- Managing an injection safety policy - 2003 [pdf]
- Procuring single-use injection equipment and safety boxes - 2003 [pdf]
- A behaviour change strategy to promote the safe and appropriate use of injections [pdf]

Training and supervision

- Introducing TT Uniject in maternal and neonatal tetanus elimination - PATH/UNICEF document - 2004 [pdf 284kb]
- Best infection control practices for intradermal, subcutaneous and intramuscular injections [pdf]
- Giving safe injections: using auto-disable syringes for immunization - PATH document - 2001 [pdf]
- A guide to supervising injection providers - 2004 [pdf]

Monitoring and assessment

- Injection practices: rapid assessment and response guide - 2002 [pdf]
- Tool for the assessment of injection safety [pdf 153KB]

Articles

- WER report on the global status of immunization safety: based on the WHO/UNICEF Joint Reporting Form, 2004 update (pdf 174kb)
- WER report on the global status of immunization safety. 2003 update (pdf)
- Injection practices in Burkina Faso in 2000. J. Fitzner et al - 2004 [html]
- Introducting auto-disable syringes to the national immunization programme in Madagascar. Drain et al. 2003 [pdf]
- Best infection control practices for intradermal, subcutaneous, and intramuscular needle injections, Yvan Hutin et al. 2003 [pdf 567kb]
- The cost-effectiveness of policies for the safe and appropriate use of injections in health-care settings. Gerald Dziekan et al. - 2003 [pdf]
- WER report on the global status of immunization safety using WHO/UNICEF Joint Reporting Form data from 2000 and 2001 (pdf)

Arabic

- Aide-Memoire for a national strategy for the safe and appropriate use of injections [pdf]
- Tool for the assessment of injection safety - 2001 [pdf]

Russian

- First do no harm. Introducing auto-disable syringes and ensuring injection safety in immunization systems of developing countries - 2002 [pdf] 1.56Mb]
- WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA joint statement on the use of auto-disable syringes in immunization services - 1999 [pdf]
- Aide-Memoire for a national strategy for the safe and appropriate use of injections [pdf]

Chinese

- WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA joint statement on the use of auto-disable syringes in immunization services - 1999 [pdf 493kb]

Last update: 11 May 2006



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