Manual for Indoor Residual Spraying: Application of Residual Sprays for Vector Control
This manual is intended to serve as a model for developing relevant training manuals and procedures at the country level to ensure safe and effective use of insecticides in vector control programmes.
- Tool Designer Organization:
- World Health Organization
- Download:
- Manual
in English - Contact:
- Dr Morteza Zaim, WHO Pesticides Evaluation Scheme
Summary of main features
- Purpose
- To ensure the safe and correct application of a residual insecticide to indoor surfaces on which malaria vectors may rest
- Scope of interventions
- Safety, clothing, preparation, mixing chemicals, handling chemicals, spray techniques, procedures after spraying, disposal, equipment maintenance, troubleshooting, and preparation of insecticide spray
- Limitations
- Focused on safety, less coverage of the logistics of actual spraying
- Output
- Comprehensive review of safety procedures for indoor residual spraying
- Time frame
- This document provides good guidance for initial IRS programme implementation; it is also a good reference tool for subsequent annual or biannual IRS campaigns
- Potential users
- Good reference document for IRS team members prior to implementation
- Skills required
- English; some technical references are linked to IRS equipment
- Type of software
- Adobe PDF
- User manual available?
- None needed, the tool is a reference document
- Type and length of training required
- The tool could serve as the basis for a 2-day refresher training for implementers, but it is a stand-alone tool
- Available languages
- English only
- Country applications
- Not available
- Last update and version
- 2000