Occupational and Environmental Health Pest Surveillance — TB MED 561

This bulletin outlines the basic principles and standard surveillance techniques to help installation preventive medicine (PVNTMED) personnel:

(1) Establish a pest surveillance program.
(2) Conduct surveillance of medically important pests.
b. Includes survey, collection, preservation, and shipment techniques and control recommendations
for medically important pests that require regular surveillance by PVNTMED personnel to protect the health and welfare of the installation population.
c. Addresses the establishment and operation of installation (garrison) pest surveillance programs. The actual surveillance procedures apply equally to field situations. In addition, FM 8–250 provides guidance on surveillance of medical pests in a field environment.