Protect Your Employees By Preventing Mosquito Bites
In addition to eliminating mosquitoes inside and outside your home, it is imperative to prevent mosquito bites at your office. If your employer isn’t concerned about mosquito-transmitted disease, then you need to talk to her about how serious some of these conditions are. Some of the diseases transmitted from mosquito bites include:
• Zika virus
• Malaria
• West Nile virus
• Eastern equine encephalitis
• Dengue fever
If an employee contracts an illness from a mosquito while at work, then he might require hospitalization. Many mosquito-transmitted diseases can lead to serious lifelong health problems, and women are particularly concerned about Zika virus contamination.
Get Rid of the Standing Water To Reduce the Mosquito Population
Employers are responsible for maintaining certain health and safety standards in work environments, including office settings at medical facilities, law firms and educational institutions. One of the best ways to prevent mosquito infestations in offices is by getting rid of the standing water outside of a building. Mosquitoes breed and lay eggs in stagnant water, and when the insects hatch, the infants begin to look for a blood feast. This is what leads to having itchy mosquito bites from infected mosquitoes.
Keep Your Property’s Landscaping and Parking Lot Clean
Standing water can collect on a building’s rooftop in depressions or in dirty rain gutters. If you have a parking lot near your office, then pools of water on its surface are great places for mosquitoes to breed. In addition, any container that holds water will attract mosquitoes, including soft drink cans, old tires and other trash. When you have landscaping features such as flowerpots, fountains or birdbaths, make sure to sanitize the items frequently to prevent a mosquito infestation. Keep your office’s parking lot clean, remove debris from rain gutters and use specialized equipment to dry exterior surfaces.
Have Window Screens and Certain Types of Lighting
You can also control mosquitoes by having the right types of lighting outside your building. Use lightbulbs that have a gold, red or yellow wavelength that many insects avoid. Make sure to have screens on your office’s windows to keep mosquitoes outside, and also, add liquid or roll caulking round windows to prevent mosquito invasions. If you want to repel mosquitoes, then add certain plants to your business’s landscaping, including citronella, lavender or basil.
Have Your Office’s Landscaping Professionally Misted With Repellents
Contact a commercial mosquito control company for additional advice concerning controlling flying insects. With safe misting systems, it is possible to eliminate and control mosquitoes for a few weeks. To control the mosquitoes in your office, have commercial mosquito control technicians apply repellent sprays on a routine basis.
