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How to avoid bringing bed bugs home from work

When the bugs started crawling back to America, stowaways in luggage international travelers, hotels took the first blow. He soon began bed bugs growing in homes and apartments, thumbing his way into the clothes and the Cases of business travelers and vacationers. Until this summer, however, bed bugs are rarely heard in U.S. stores retail or commercial office buildings.

More recently, the bugs began to leave the sanctuary of America and appearing comfortable in schools, libraries, hospitals and other areas high traffic. This summer, the first reports of bugs in the retail stores and a lot of workplace infestations cause panic Americans to see the bed errors that lurk around every corner. It was like turning the clock to update our grandparents when bed bugs were a daily fact of life.

Bed bugs usually dormitory living, preferring to hide near their favorite food source – the blood of sleeping humans. Entomologists say the growing incidence of insect bed in the workplace, away from their normal feeding environment, says the exponential growth of these blood-sucking parasites. In July 2010, the survey firms Pest control by the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) and the University of Kentucky, 95% of pest control professionals surveyed had found insects the bed, and 1 in 5 (20%) reported the treatment of infections in commercial buildings. In 2007 commercial infestations accounted for less than 1% of U.S. bedbug infestations. Today, 40% of the bedbug exterminations are made in retail environments.

University of Kentucky entomologist and national bed bug expert Michael Potter, has called for bed bugs to the most serious insect threat 21And century and the most difficult to control. Slightly smaller than an apple seed, these nocturnal blood-sucking parasites are experts at hiding in crevices in minutes, easily transported to new places and capable to survive for a year without feeding. Incredibly prolific, a single pair of bed bugs can produce 300 offspring and 1,000 eggs in three months. Incubate in a week larvae begin to produce in a month. In just a few months, a single pair of bugs can cause an infestation of numbering in the hundreds of thousands of people.

Not attracted by dirt or debris, bed bugs target human blood, which must feed before molting or reproduction. Adept hitchhikers, these blood-sucking parasites spread by its victims, riding in office buildings with co-workers, visitors, vendors, dealers and staff Maintenance – A pest of equal opportunity in the last bed bug infestations have been found in the office of former President Bill Clinton in Harlem, the Sirius XM Radio impact assessment athlete Howard Stern, UN headquarters, the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington DC, IRS offices in Philadelphia and Kentucky, two stores of Abercrombie & Fitch Hollister, Victoria's Secret, the Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, Times Square AMC theater, the Empire State Building, and the corporate offices of Time Warner, Google, CNN, The Wall Street Journal and USA Department of Health and Human Services offices in Rockville, Maryland, to name a few.

When bed bugs invade an office, employees of panic, pointing the finger at each other and isolate coworkers believed to have introduced pests. However, bed bugs are so frequent that more than one worker to enter the workplace or may have migrated from another office in the building through cracks, holes in walls or raceways. Just a quarter of an inch long and paper thin when not feeding, bedbugs can slide between the teeth of a zipper bag, crawl into briefcases and purses, or ride in an office hidden in the seams of clothing or coats. A co-worker who travels can carry bed bugs into the office in your suitcase. Attracted by heat, bed bugs are still hidden in the battery compartment for laptops, iPhones and iPods. Your home does not have to be infested for you to pick up bed bugs. You can board a subway, bus or taxi. You can bring home a movie theater or library. If you touch someone who is carrying insects of bed or sit in a seat vacated recently by a victim of bed bugs, there is an excellent opportunity some of these pests to jump ship and go to work or home.

Employers should be proactive in treating bed bugs. Business owners should develop a comprehensive bed bug plan of action to ensure that they and their employees are prepared in case of bed bugs is calling. An employer plan of action:

1. Educate employees to recognize bed bugs, signs of symptoms of infestation and biting and encouraging vigilance.

2. Update employee handbooks and provides techniques and procedures bugs to avoid reporting.

3. Emphasize the importance of early detection. Encourage employees to notify management immediately bug activity in the workplace or at home.

4. Be open and friendly communications with employees.

5. In case of an employee's ability the bed bugs home, offer support. Consider the costs of home inspection and treatment for workers, allowing employees to use days Holiday Family and Medical Leave Act to deal with home infestations.

6. Arrange immediate treatment with a professional pest control licensed.

7. Launching a plan of containment to prevent cross-contamination between work and home.

If your office is invaded by insects the bed, employees can also take preventive measures to prevent bed bugs hitchhike home with them:

1. Educate yourself and your family so I know what bed bugs and their bites look, where to look for them and the signs of infestation.

2. Adopt a minimalist lifestyle. Get rid of clutter where bedbugs can hide. Keep the entire floor.

3. Inspect your office chair and desk for signs of bed bugs a day. Choose metal over wood office furniture.

4. Leave briefcases and laptops at work. Use a hard drive size, not cloth, briefcase. Minimize the number of elements that carry between work and home and transport in sealed plastic bags.

5. Zip work items in a bed liner test Luggage errors to minimize cross-contamination.

6. When you come home after work, leave your shoes in the garage. Carefully inspect each item before taking him home.

7. Change clothes as soon as I get home. Place work clothes in plastic bags until they can be washed.

8. At home, covered with mattresses and box springs with bed mattress encasements Safe to prevent insect infestation of bed linen.

9. If his office is the site of an active infestation, periodically inspect the sheets and mattresses for signs of bedbugs.

10. If you suspect an infestation of bugs in your home, immediately call a licensed pest control professional and the treatment process. Find a company established pest control has been in business for many years, a member of the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) has a good Better Business Bureau rating and offers a 90 day warranty.

About the Author

Jesse Eaton is a member of the pest professional team at ChemTec Pest Control. This New Jersey based pest control firm serves commercial and residential clients. ChemTec Pest Control is located at 186 Saddle River Road, Saddle Brook, NJ. You can reach the bed bug experts at ChemTec Pest Control at (201) 843-0780 or by email at WeCare@ChemTecPest.com. Please visit us on the Web at www.ChemTecPest.com (http://www.ChemTecPest.com).

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