With the summer haze upon us, along come the hordes of bloodsucking insects, mosquitoes being
the most commonly encountered.
The Queensland Government has issued an updated alert to summarise the importance of correct application of mosquito repellent and a list of diseases they are capable of transmitting, making a useful resource for pharmacies to use in training staff on giving advice to customers.
Queensland has established surveillance systems for the following mosquito borne diseases:
The advice warns that application of repellent needs to be even over all areas of exposed skin and
applied regularly, as directed on the packaging.
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Source: pharmacydaily.com.au, Wednesday 29 November 2017