Increasing your knowledge about ticks and tick encounters will make you better prepared to protect yourself and others.
Tick removal
Steps to removing a Tick safely :
- Use a pointy tick removal tweezer
- Disinfect with rubbing alcohol
- Grab tick close to skin and use slow, steady motion to pull tick out
- Disinfect again
- Consider tick testing for infection
Chronic Lyme Clinic in RI
For several years, doctors and infection control specialists at South County Hospital have discussed the idea of starting a Lyme disease clinic to serve patients with complex health issues not responding to traditional treatment. Now the hospital has opened its Lyme Disease Clinic and begun taking referrals from local physicians.
Link to article: Hospital starts clinic for patients with chronic LymeHow-to videos
Clean tick removal
Watch a short animated sequence to see where to grab the tick for a clean tick removal.
Are you concerned about the serious health threat caused by ticks?
Would you like to make appropriate tick-borne diseases prevention programming more widely available? If you answered yes to these questions, please consider supporting the Tick Encounter Resource Center at the University of Rhode Island. Proceeds help support tick-bite prevention programs.