Guidance Document on Laboratory Product Performance Testing Methods for Bed Bug Biocide Products / OECD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author, issuing body.

Series:

Series on Pesticides and Biocides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Insecticides--Testing.

Insecticides.

Bedbugs--Control.

Bedbugs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (36 pages).

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2022.

Summary:

This guidance provides recommendations for the design and execution of laboratory studies to evaluate the performance of biocidal products in any formulation such as a liquid, aerosol, fog, or impregnated fabric intended to repel, attract, and/or kill bed bugs (Cimex lectularius). It does not apply to repellent products applied to human skin. The guidance is based upon the American Laboratory Product Performance Testing Methods for Bed Bug Pesticide Products (US EPA 2017, OCSPP 810.3900) and incorporates information from laboratory efficacy testing standards for biocidal products against bed bugs in the framework of the German Infectious Diseases Protection Act (18, 46). Investigators should ensure research is conducted in compliance with any applicable laws or regulations, which are independent of and additional to those cited in this guidance.

Contents:

Foreword

Guidance Document on Laboratory Product Performance Testing Methods for Bed Bug

Biocide Products

1. Scope of Guidance Document

2. Definitions

3. Development of protocols for bed bug studies

3.1. Scientific design of research.

3.2. Data collection and reporting

4. Specific Guidance

4.1. Specific guidance for laboratory studies for resistance ratio determination and

characterization of bed bug strain susceptibility

4.2. Specific guidance for laboratory studies for forced exposure (no-choice) residual surface

treatments

4.3. Specific guidance for laboratory studies to determine the product performance of insecticide

products under practical use situation

4.4. Specific guidance for laboratory studies to determine the product performance of a repellent

or attractant product

4.5. Specific guidance for laboratory studies for testing indoor insecticide total release aerosols,

space sprays, and insecticide vapour strip

4.6. Specific guidance for laboratory studies for direct application testing of insecticide products

4.7. Specific guidance for laboratory studies for testing ovicidal products

4.8. Specific guidance for laboratory studies for fumigant products against all bed bug life stages

4.9. Specific guidance for laboratory studies of insect growth regulators (IGRs)

5. References.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

92-64-45139-0