The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp.\u2019s Bureau of Environmental Health has relocated to the hospital and all requests and inquiries can be made at its new location.<\/p>\n
CHCC chief executive officer Esther Mu\u00f1a said that BEH will remain at the Commonwealth Health Center until further notice and that all services offered under BEH should be forwarded to the hospital.<\/p>\n
BEH handles inspection requests such as renewal of sanitation permit\/inspection or ship clearance and food handler requests such as food safety training or issuance and\/or food handler certification.<\/p>\n
Warren Villagomez, CHCC public health and hospital emergency preparedness program director, said that majority of CHCC\u2019s incident command center has all departments working in one area for better collaboration.<\/p>\n
For requests of services or concerns, contact BEH at 236-8731 or 234-8905 (operator) and ask for to be transferred to Ext. 8731.<\/p>\n
Stagnant water<\/strong><\/p>\n CHCC public health planner Kaitlyn R. Neises said any water around the house increases the number of mosquitoes.<\/p>\n \u201cMosquitoes are out in full force post-Typhoon Soudelor and CNMI residents have a large part to play in source reduction by eliminating the kinds of places that mosquitoes like to breed,\u201d Neises said.<\/p>\n \u201cAll mosquitoes require water in which to breed and any increase in mosquito problems folks are experiencing are likely to come from water-filled containers that they can help to eliminate,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Anti-mosquito tips<\/strong><\/p>\n – Drain all standing water around the house.<\/p>\n – Wear light, loose fitting clothing. Some of the 176 mosquito species are attracted to dark clothing and some can bite through tight-fitting clothes. When practical, wear long sleeves.<\/p>\n – Choose a mosquito repellant that has been registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Repellants approved for use include DEET (N, N-diethyl-mtoluamide), picaridin (KBR 3023), and oil of lemon eucalyptus (P-methane 3, 8-diol, or PMD).<\/p>\n – Other ways to get rid of mosquitoes are:<\/p>\n \t\u2022\tDispose of any tires. Tires can breed thousands of mosquitoes.<\/p>\n \t\u2022\tDrill holes in the bottom of recycling containers.<\/p>\n \t\u2022\tClear roof gutters of debris.<\/p>\n \t\u2022\tClean pet water dishes regularly.<\/p>\n \t\u2022\tCheck and empty children\u2019s toys.<\/p>\n \t\u2022\tRepair leaky outdoor faucets.<\/p>\n \t\u2022\tChange the water in birdbaths once a week.<\/p>\n \t\u2022\tCanoes and other boats should be turned over.<\/p>\n \t\u2022\tAvoid water collecting on pool covers.<\/p>\n \t\u2022\tEmpty water collected in tarps around the yard or on woodpiles.<\/p>\n \t\u2022\tPlug tree holes.<\/p>\n \t\u2022\tEven the smallest of containers that can collect water can breed hundreds to thousands of mosquitoes. They don\u2019t need much water to lay their eggs (bottles, barrels, buckets, overturned garbage can lids, flower pots, etc.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp.\u2019s Bureau of Environmental Health has relocated to the hospital and all…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[860,666,92,42],"class_list":["post-208819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-beh","tag-chcc","tag-commonwealth-health-center","tag-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}