SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE - Project study on the availability and efficacy of Mercury-free /Convention compliant products in Mauritius. Target groups: Users of medical and laboratory measuring devices

In the above context, the NGO Pesticide Action Network of Mauritius (PANeM) in collaboration with its international partners, the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and the Zero Mercury Working G roup (ZMWG), is assisting the Ministry of Environment, Sustainable Development, Disaster and Beach Management, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Mauritius and other stakeholders to progress. [...] Rationale: As part of current activities on the Minamata Convention being undertaken by the Government of Mauritius, PANeM is conducting a project pertaining to the phasing out / phasing down of Mercury-added products in Mauritius by the year 2020, in accordance with the Minamata Convention. [...] 10 : Please fill up the required information in the next table on the types of measuring devices purchased by your organisation : Type : …………………………………………. [...] 15 : In case your organisation has ever benefitted from after-sales services for the supplied measuring device(s), please indicate in the respective cells below, which of these services were applicable, specifying the types of devices: After sales services Tick /check : Indicate the type of device(s) (specifying if Mercury-added or Mercury-free) Advice / demonstration on use Repairs of devices Tak. [...] 16 : Based on your actual experience on the performance and characteristics of the Mercury-added and Mercury-free measuring devices, please indicate with a tick mark, which type is better for the specified criterion in the next table.