From enfor at msh.org Mon Apr 17 13:23:12 2006 From: enfor at msh.org (Nfor,Emmanuel) Date: Tue Apr 18 12:43:03 2006 Subject: [Preventing_postpartum_hemorrhage] Storage of Oxytocin at room temperature Message-ID: <7FAE0922A912AE4390BC49F8EF6173E402FDBC95@a1dxip01.us.msh.org> Dear Listserv members, The Entebbe conference that aimed at discussing ways to prevent deaths from postpartum hemorrhage, a leading contributor to Africa's maternal death rate and the highest in the world, has come and gone. Several issues were discussed at this conference, and I will like to start a discussion on one of the issues raised at the conference 'storage of Oxytocin at room temperature' The information given at the workshop was 'oxytocin could be used if stored at room temperature for three months depending on the manufacturer'. However, in parts of Africa, room temperature could get as high as 45o C. What room temperature could be the upper limit for storage of oxytocin? If anyone could share experience with using oxytocin stored at 'high' room temperature that would be useful for African countries experiencing such high temperatures. Disclaimer: This question was raised at the Entebbe conference and do not represent the opinion of MSH/RPM Plus, or that of USAID. Emmanuel Y. Nfor Senior Program Associate Rational Pharmaceutical Management Plus Management Sciences for Health 4301 North Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22203 - 1627 Tel: +1.703.310.3540 Fax: +1.703.524.7898 www.msh.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.path.org/pipermail/preventing_postpartum_hemorrhage/attachments/20060417/3e3870f8/attachment.html From kolagani_akshai at yahoo.com Tue Apr 18 08:56:17 2006 From: kolagani_akshai at yahoo.com (Dr Akshai) Date: Tue Apr 18 18:19:37 2006 Subject: [Preventing_postpartum_hemorrhage] Storage of Oxytocin at room temperature In-Reply-To: <7FAE0922A912AE4390BC49F8EF6173E402FDBC95@a1dxip01.us.msh.org> Message-ID: <20060418155618.66567.qmail@web54101.mail.yahoo.com> Dear Mr Emmaneul Nfor I am Dr Akshai Daniel Kolagani, MBBS, DA, male 36 years, an anesthesiologist in Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh State, South India Here in Karimnagar, we have similar temperatures (more than 40 degrees C) during the months of April, May and June. As an anesthesiologist, I attend four maternity hospitals. Not all oxytocin ampoules at these hospitals are stored in refrigerators. They are usually stored in the racks of the labour room/ operating room. I did not find any decreased effect of the drug during summer months. I am now a first year postgraduate student in MD Community Medicine. More about myself in my website - www.kolagani.com Regards Akshai "Nfor,Emmanuel" wrote: st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } Dear Listserv members, The Entebbe conference that aimed at discussing ways to prevent deaths from postpartum hemorrhage, a leading contributor to Africa's maternal death rate and the highest in the world, has come and gone. Several issues were discussed at this conference, and I will like to start a discussion on one of the issues raised at the conference ?storage of Oxytocin at room temperature? The information given at the workshop was ?oxytocin could be used if stored at room temperature for three months depending on the manufacturer?. However, in parts of Africa, room temperature could get as high as 45o C. What room temperature could be the upper limit for storage of oxytocin? If anyone could share experience with using oxytocin stored at ?high? room temperature that would be useful for African countries experiencing such high temperatures. Disclaimer: This question was raised at the Entebbe conference and do not represent the opinion of MSH/RPM Plus, or that of USAID. Emmanuel Y. Nfor Senior Program Associate Rational Pharmaceutical Management Plus Management Sciences for Health 4301 North Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22203 - 1627 Tel: +1.703.310.3540 Fax: +1.703.524.7898 www.msh.org _______________________________________________ Preventing_postpartum_hemorrhage distribution list http://lists.path.org/mailman/listinfo/preventing_postpartum_hemorrhage --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1?/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Nfor Senior Program Associate Rational Pharmaceutical Management Plus Management Sciences for Health 4301 North Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22203 - 1627 Tel: +1.703.310.3540 Fax: +1.703.524.7898 www.msh.org -----Original Message----- From: May Kapesa [mailto:maykapesa@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 9:59 AM To: Nfor,Emmanuel Subject: RE: [Preventing_postpartum_hemorrhage] Storage of Oxytocin at roomtemperature Dear Members, I was not at the Entebbe Conference but am a midwife and African Regional Trainer in Maternal and Neonatal Health. I would like to give my opinion on storage of Oxytocin in African Countries. Some midwives do not even know that Oxytocin is to be strored in a refrigerator even if they have been in practice for years. I believe that it happens so because of lack of refrigerators in many labor wards in Africa, therefore they do not see Oxytocin strored in cold temps. All the same they know the drug and use it all their lives taking it from shelves and trays. The question probably is, have they noticed that there is a difference in effectiveness of the drug? If so, the intervention calls for updating midwives in storage of oxytocin and equiping labor wards for strorage of oxytocin in Africa where most of the tempratures are high as members have pointed out. May >From: "Nfor,Emmanuel" >To: >Subject: [Preventing_postpartum_hemorrhage] Storage of Oxytocin at >roomtemperature >Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:23:12 -0400 > >Dear Listserv members, > > > >The Entebbe conference that aimed at discussing ways to prevent deaths >from postpartum hemorrhage, a leading contributor to Africa's maternal >death rate and the highest in the world, has come and gone. Several >issues were discussed at this conference, and I will like to start a >discussion on one of the issues raised at the conference 'storage of >Oxytocin at room temperature' > > > >The information given at the workshop was 'oxytocin could be used if >stored at room temperature for three months depending on the >manufacturer'. However, in parts of Africa, room temperature could get >as high as 45o C. What room temperature could be the upper limit for >storage of oxytocin? If anyone could share experience with using >oxytocin stored at 'high' room temperature that would be useful for >African countries experiencing such high temperatures. > > > >Disclaimer: This question was raised at the Entebbe conference and do >not represent the opinion of MSH/RPM Plus, or that of USAID. > > > > > >Emmanuel Y. Nfor > >Senior Program Associate > >Rational Pharmaceutical Management Plus > >Management Sciences for Health > >4301 North Fairfax Drive > >Arlington, VA 22203 - 1627 > >Tel: +1.703.310.3540 > >Fax: +1.703.524.7898 > >www.msh.org > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Preventing_postpartum_hemorrhage distribution list >http://lists.path.org/mailman/listinfo/preventing_postpartum_hemorrhage _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ From enfor at msh.org Wed Apr 26 12:18:10 2006 From: enfor at msh.org (Nfor,Emmanuel) Date: Mon May 1 18:30:39 2006 Subject: FW: [Preventing_postpartum_hemorrhage] Storage of Oxytocin at room temperature Message-ID: <7FAE0922A912AE4390BC49F8EF6173E403044934@a1dxip01.us.msh.org> Emmanuel Y. Nfor Senior Program Associate Rational Pharmaceutical Management Plus Management Sciences for Health 4301 North Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22203 - 1627 Tel: +1.703.310.3540 Fax: +1.703.524.7898 www.msh.org _____ From: Dora Amoya [mailto:doramathome@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 2:19 PM To: Nfor,Emmanuel Subject: Re: [Preventing_postpartum_hemorrhage] Storage of Oxytocin at room temperature Dear Emanuel, I am a Safe Motherhood Clinical Skills Trainer in Ghana and took patr in the POPPHI Program in Lukasa in October 2005. As at April 19-20, 2006 when I haven't open my mail, Iwas training some service providers in the northern part of the country and stressing on preservation of oxytocin. Though from a long time oxytocin were not stored in refridgerators and there was no research on its potency. However for about 7 years now I have started storing my oxytocics in a fridge. The problem here in Ghana is most of the private practicing midwives are found in very remote areas where electricity is not available so it was difficult buying the idea of storing oxytocin in a fridge. It is rather a good news as to keeping oxytocin in a room temperature and away from lightfor about 3 months. This piece of news will be conveyed to our providers as early as possible. Send more updates on prevention of PPH. Thanks. Dora. "Nfor,Emmanuel" wrote: Dear Listserv members, The Entebbe conference that aimed at discussing ways to prevent deaths from postpartum hemorrhage, a leading contributor to Africa's maternal death rate and the highest in the world, has come and gone. Several issues were discussed at this conference, and I will like to start a discussion on one of the issues raised at the conference 'storage of Oxytocin at room temperature' The information given at the workshop was 'oxytocin could be used if stored at room temperature for three months depending on the manufacturer'. However, in parts of Africa, room temperature could get as high as 45o C. What room temperature could be the upper limit for storage of oxytocin? If anyone could share experience with using oxytocin stored at 'high' room temperature that would be useful for African countries experiencing such high temperatures. Disclaimer: This question was raised at the Entebbe conference and do not represent the opinion of MSH/RPM Plus, or that of USAID. Emmanuel Y. Nfor Senior Program Associate Rational Pharmaceutical Management Plus Management Sciences for Health 4301 North Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22203 - 1627 Tel: +1.703.310.3540 Fax: +1.703.524.7898 www.msh.org _______________________________________________ Preventing_postpartum_hemorrhage distribution list http://lists.path.org/mailman/listinfo/preventing_postpartum_hemorrhage _____ Yahoo! Mail goes everywhere you do. Get it on your phone . -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.path.org/pipermail/preventing_postpartum_hemorrhage/attachments/20060426/e28b9ece/attachment.html