Surveillance and control services for environmental pests, which include disinsection and rat elimination services on public roads, in the public sewer network and in municipal lots; disinsection services in private properties that have to be performed within the framework of the protocol for surveillance and control of zoonoses transmitted by vectors in Catalonia of the Catalan Public Health Agency; as well as those services of disinfection, disinsection and deratization that have to be carried out by order of the judiciary or resolution of the councilors of the different districts; all of them within the municipality of Barcelona.

The provision of surveillance and control services for environmental pests in the city of Barcelona is configured through the interrelation of the following elements: knowledge of the situation, obtained from the deployment of technical teams throughout the territory and ad hoc studies »; its integration in the planning of intervention strategies; the execution of action plans with the co-participation of the territory managers, the evaluation of the processes, strategies and interventions, and the feedback of the system through the implementation of the areas of improvement detected during the deployment and evaluation of specific programs. The materialization of the process goes through the identification and evaluation of hazards and risks of the animal populations involved, the reduction of risks to levels compatible with public health by applying the principles of integrated pest control, and the design and development of surveillance strategies. health of these populations.