WHO - Guidelines for efficacy testing of household insecticide products: Mosquito coils, vaporizer mats, liquid vaporizers, ambient emanators and aerosols [2009]
Description:
The document provides specific and standardized procedures and criteria for efficacy testing and evaluation of specific household insecticide products intended for indoor use against mosquitoes, including, mosquito coils, vaporizer mats, liquid vaporizers, ambient emanators and aerosols. It aims to harmonize the testing procedures carried out in different laboratories and institutions in order to generate comparable data for registering and labelling such products by national regulatory authorities. The document provides guidance and stepwise procedures on conducting laboratory studies, field testing and evaluation of household insecticide products intended for personal protection against mosquitoes.
Why this Tool/Guidance?
Information provided is useful to support environmental health decision making. It forms an authoritative basis for the setting of national procedures and guidelines for the testing of specific household insecticide products intended for indoor use against mosquitoes.
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