By vgreene, 21 June, 2021 Put clothes in hot dryer for 10min or wash clothes in hot not warm or cold water to kill ticks2 3
By vgreene, 21 June, 2021 Perform full body tick check after being outdoors 3 bathing showering w in 2h of outdoor activity significantly darr risk of Lyme dz2 3
By vgreene, 21 June, 2021 Tuck pants into socks to prevent ticks from attaching to skin of ankles legs keep to center of trail avoid wooded brushy areas w high grass and leaf litter1 3
By vgreene, 21 June, 2021 Wear light colored long sleeved legged clothing to make ticks more apparent before attachment1 2
By vgreene, 21 June, 2021 Use personal protective measures repellants tick checks to darr risk of tick exposure infxn w tick borne illness
By vgreene, 21 June, 2021 Not recommended botanical agents essential oils eg essential oils of rosemary cinnamon leaf lemongrass geraniol nootkatone and carvacrol 2
By vgreene, 21 June, 2021 Permethrin spayed on or impregnated in clothing kills ticks on contact is more effective than DEET1 2
By vgreene, 21 June, 2021 Repellants recommended for skin clothing N N Diethyl meta toluamide DEET 3 picaridin ethyl 3 N n butyl N acetyl aminopropionate IR3535 oil of lemon eucalyptus OLE 4 p methane 3 8 diol PMD 4 2 undecanone1
By vgreene, 21 June, 2021 Put clothes in hot dryer for 10min or wash clothes in hot not warm or cold water to kill ticks2
