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close this bookEmergency Relief Items - Compendium of Basic Specifications - Volume 2 (UNDP, 1999, 323 p.)
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View the documentQUALITY ASSURANCE
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Open this folder and view contentsCHAPTER 1 - CATHETERS, TUBES AND DRAINS
Open this folder and view contentsCHAPTER 2 - DRESSINGS
Open this folder and view contentsCHAPTER 3 - INJECTION SUPPLIES
Open this folder and view contentsCHAPTER 4 - MEDICAL SUPPLIES
Open this folder and view contentsCHAPTER 5 - LINEN AND OPERATIVE FIELD
Open this folder and view contentsCHAPTER 6 - MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
Open this folder and view contentsCHAPTER 7 - STERILIZATION
Open this folder and view contentsCHAPTER 8 - SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS
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Open this folder and view contentsCHAPTER 14 - SELECTED ESSENTIAL DRUGS
Open this folder and view contentsCHAPTER 15 - THE NEW EMERGENCY HEALTH KIT 98
View the documentCHAPTER 16 - REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH KITS FOR EMERGENCIES
Open this folder and view contentsCHAPTER 17 - REVISED GUIDELINES FOR DRUG DONATIONS
Open this folder and view contentsCHAPTER 18 - GUIDELINES FOR THE SAFE DISPOSAL OF UNWANTED PHARMACEUTICALS
View the documentANNEX I: DISPOSAL BY INCINERATION
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ABBREVIATIONS

Organizations

ICRC

International Committee of the


Red Cross



IFRC

International Federation of the


Red Cross and Red Crescent


Societies



MSF

Médecins Sans Frontières



UN/OCHA

United Nations Office for the


coordination of Humanitarian


Affairs.



UNFPA

United Nations Population Fund



UNHCR

United Nations High


Commissioner for Refugees



UNICEF

United Nations Childrens Fund



WHO

World Health Organization



IAPSO

Inter-Agency Procurement


Services Office

Standards/committees



CEN

European Committee for


Standardization



IATA

International Air Transport


Association



ISO

International Organization for


Standardization

Measures

°C

degree Centigrade

°F

degree Fahrenheit

g

gram

kg

kilogram

mg

milligrams

l

litre

ml

millilitre

m

meter

cm

centimeter

dm

decimeter

mm

millimeter

m2

square meter

m3

cubic meter

dm3

cubic decimeter

m

inches

s

second

dB

decibel

W

watt

V

volt

Hz

hertz

kPa

kilopascal

mbar

millibar

mmHg

conventional millimeter of

mercury


Ibf/in2

pound-force per square inch

HRC

hardness rockwell (scale C)

Multiples of SI units

Other abbreviations



diameter

k

kilo (103)

DEHP

di-ethylhexyl phthalate

m

milli (10-3)

EVA

ethylene vinyl acetate

m

micro (10-5)

HDPE

high density polyethylene



PVC

polyvinyl chloride