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Best Practices Are Best Practiced By PMPs
By Dr. Stuart Mitchell
Best practices are methods or procedures that produce results superior to those achieved by other means or because they have become a standard way of doing things (a standard way of complying with legal and ethical requirements). An amateur is inexperienced or unskilled in a particular activity.
In a questionnaire survey study of amateur user behavior pursuant to anticoagulant rodenticide use, it was concluded that there is potentially an increased risk of exposure to non-target wildlife species. Additionally, low awareness of best practices may partially explain such occurrences. This suggests a continuing need for best practices awareness and training.
| Question |
Total responses |
Yes |
No |
| Has the user received instruction on how to use rodenticides? |
123 |
118 (95.95%) |
5 (4.1%) |
| Is the number of bait points and amount of bait placed recorded? |
126 |
14 (11.1%) |
112 (88.9%) |
| Are bait points checked? |
125 |
118 (94.4%) |
7 (5.6%) |
| Is bait protected from being eaten by other animals? |
123 |
114 (92.7%) |
9 (7.3%) |
| Is bait removed once an infestation has declined? |
120 |
36 (30.0%) |
84 (70.0%) |
| Is a search for dead rodents made following baiting? |
120 |
1 (0.8%) |
119 (99.2%) |
Citation: User behavior, best practice and the risks of non-target exposure associated with anticoagulant rodenticide use, Journal of Environmental Management 92 (2011) 1503e1508.
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