Meeting Presentation 2001
Injection Technology and SIGN Meeting 2001
Final Agenda
last update : 09/10/2001
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Right-click on presentations and select "Save Target As" to download them to your drive Wednesday, 29 August 2001 - Injection technology day 08:15-08:30
Election of chairperson and rapporteur Opening session: Injection equipment from production to disposal 08:30-08:45
Life cycle of medical devices 155Kbytes Gerald Verollet 08:45-09:00
Waste minimisation: role of manufacturers of injection equipment 95Kbytes Richard Carr 09:00-09:15
GAVI research and development task force on introduction of safe injection technologies 273Kbytes Michael Free 09:15-09:45
Working together for safer technologies and better waste management Group discussion Morning session: State of current safe injection technologies 09:45-10:15
Part 1. Needle free tecchnologies 1 644Kbytes Mike Mathews for ANFIM 10:15-10:30
Panel question and answer session Group Discussion 10:30-11:00 Coffee Break 11:00-11:40
Part 2. Auto-Disable technologies IASIT, Salermo and others 11:40-12:00
Panel question and answer session Group Discussion 12:00-13:30 Lunch Afternoon session: Waste management 13:30-14:00
Introducing technologies within a larger framework of health-care waste management 3 700Kbytes Richard Carr 1. Needs Assessment 2. Development of national plans 3. Relative risks 4. Technology options 14:00-14:15
Contest for low-cost technology for sharps waste management 99Kbytes Susan Wilburn and Jorge Emmanuel 14:15-14:55
High-Tech centralized technologies in developing countries 1 143Kbytes Jorge Emmanuel 14:15-14:55
High-Tech centralized technologies in developing countries: Are they realistic 68Kbytes Ravi Aggarwal 14:55-15:30
Case study of hydroclave implementation in India 1 336Kbytes Rashid Tamboowalla and Rohini Kelkar 15:30-16:00
Action points for injection eqiupment and sharps waste disposal 16:00-16:30 Coffee break Meeting with AD syringes manufacturers 16:30-16:45
Procurement and tender issues 88Kbytes UNICEF Supply Division Coppenhagen 16:45-17:00
Evaluating the quality of AD syringes in the field: Role of manufacturers IASIT 17:00-17:15
Evaluating the quality of AD syringes in the field: Proposed WHO tool 276Kbytes Bernadette Gergonne 17:15-17:30
Update: WHO specifications for immunization AD syringes 189Kbytes Gordon Larsen 17:30-17:45
Towards ISO standards for AD syringes: Update from WHO 142Kbytes Gerald Verollet 17:45-18:00
Round table: Action points for public-private collaboration Group discussion Evening: Poster session followed by the joint SIGN/Technet Gala Dinner SIGN Meeting (Thursday-Friday) Thursday, 30th August 2001 Morning: Policies 08:45-09:00
Election of chairperson and rapporteur 173Kbytes Secretariat Formulating policies and plans for the safe and appropriate use of injections 09:00-09:20
The new GAVI injection safety policy 92Kbytes Steve Landry 09:20-09:40
Towards national policies for the safe and appropriate use of injections in Viet Nam Khong Chien 09:40-10:00
Towards national policies for the safe and appropriate use of injections in Nepal 973Kbytes Bal Krishna Suvedi and Prabhat Bangdel 10:00-10:30 Coffee break Documenting the Global Burden of Disease associated with unsafe injection practices 10:30-10:50
The Global Burden of Disease attributable to unsafe health-care injections Gregory Armstrong 10:50-11:10
Cost effectiveness estimates 52Kbytes Ulla Kou 11:10-11:30
The WHO injection safety assessment tool 257Kbytes Charles Antoine Hofmann Advocacy for policy and plans for safe and appropriate use of injections 11:30-11:50
Global advocacy strategy for SIGN 427Kbytes Guy Scandlen (Replaced by Susan Mackay) 11:50-12:10
Injection Safety Working Group within the GAVI advocacy task force 53Kbytes Heidi Larson and Rebecca Fields 12:10-12:30
Systematic documentation of success stories 62Kbytes Ashrad Altaf 12:30-14:00 Lunch Afternoon: SIGN: The network at work 14:00-15:00
Round table: How to initiate national policy and plans for the safe and appropriate use of injections Group discussion Reports on the activities of the SIGN secretariat 15:00-15:20
The www.injectionsafety.org site Susan Mackay 15:20-15:40
The SIGNPost weekly moderated internet forum 1 320Kbytes Allan Bass 15:40-16:00
Activity report for the SIGN secretariat 288Kbytes Yvan Hutin 16:30-16:30 Coffee break 16:30-17:30
Round table: How to improve the effectiveness of the network approach Group discussion 17:30-18:00
Action points for the day Friday, 31st August 2001 First part of morning: Quality of injection equipment Ensuring the quality of injection equipment in countries 08:30-08:50
Injection equipment recycling in Pakistan657Kbytes Syed Mujeeb 08:50-09:10
A new tool to assess the quality of injection equipment in the field 258Kbytes Bernadette Gergonne 09:10-09:50
Feedback from the injection technologies day 125Kbytes Gerald Verollet and industry participants 09:50-10:20
Round table: What tools are needed to increase the quality and safty of injection equipment? Group discussion 10:20-10:30 Coffee break Second part of morning: Increasing access to injection equipment Increasing access to injection equipment 10:50-11:10
Increased access to injection equipment in Burkina Faso379Kbytes Sophie Logez 11:10-11:30
Bundling for family planning injections 76Kbytes Tabitha Keener 11:30-12:00
Round table: Strategies for improved access to injection equipment Group discussion 12:00-12:15
Action points in access and quality 12:15-14:15 Lunch Afternoon: Appropriate, rational, and cost effective use of injections Injection safety best practices 14:15-14:35
Best practices: Update on the project (including pictograms) 1 837Kbytes Mary Catlin 14:25-15:00
Waste management 120Kbytes Richard Carr 15:00-15:30 Coffee break Toolbox for behaviour change 15:30-16:10
Overview on the project, including experience in Tanzania 1 572Kbytes Susan Mackay 16:10-16:40
Round table: Ensuing rational, cost effective, and safe use of injections Group discussion 16:40-17:10
Action points in appropriate use 17:10-18:00
Summary of action points for the meeting 18:00
Adjourn 150Kbytes Secretariat