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Adult Vector Control and Vector-Borne Diseases Surveillance

Adult Vector Control and Vector-Borne Diseases Surveillance

244 - Embracing a new approach to work distribution, breaking down barriers, and getting back to breeding sites more swiftly

Thursday, March 6, 2025
9:50 AM – 10:00 AM AST
Location: 208 A
Abstract: In the history of the Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control (CVMVCD), zones have been assigned to Vector Control Technicians using physical maps. In 2008, laptop computers were introduced, allowing field staff to navigate through assigned zones, maintain history of breeding sites, record mosquito inspections and treatments. Over the years, field staff have discovered new breeding sources, and the number of breeding sites in the CVMVCD in-house application has increased to thousands. Returning to sites after the chemical's residual or sites that require special attention were becoming unfeasible. In 2023, we began developing an alternative version of our application in-house. The goal was to enable our system to notify Field Supervisors when chemical residuals were about to expire and to give us the ability to select which sites required an inspection based on preset parameters that the application tracks in real-time. Additionally, remove assigned zones from field staff and instead assign priority sites on a daily basis. In this presentation, I will discuss the development of the new application, including the logic behind the parameters, how we gained buy-in from field staff, and the new direction on how work is performed. I will also cover the new challenges, as well as new features to be added to continue improving the application, including requested features from field staff.

    Presenter(s)

  • SB

    Salvador Becerra

    Field Supervisor
    Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District, California, United States

    • Co-Author(s)

  • GA

    Gregorio Alvarado

    Operations Manager
    Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District, California, United States

  • Antonio M. Molina, Jr.

    Field Supervisor
    Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District, California, United States

  • MP

    Marko Petrovic

    Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District, California, United States

  • EP

    Edward Prendez

    Information Technology Manager
    Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District, California, United States