1/15/2013MA Library System Workshop Presentation by Doreen Blades, President of US Eco Corporation.

MA Library System Workshop

The Truth about Bed Bugs

1/15/2013

Presentation by Doreen Blades, President of US Eco Corporation


Topics to be covered

What are bed bugs? What do they look like? Where are they likely to hide? Why have they come back in such

magnitude? Possible solutions Question and Answers

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Google search: Bed Bugs in news

About 648,000 results (0.23 seconds) ABCNews Nytimes.com Early show CBS WSJ.com dailyfinance.com Msnbc Fox 25 News Bed Bug Epidemic Bed Bugs Make Coast-To-Coast Comeback | NBC 4i Aug 19, 2010 ... Cities are reporting infestations and it's

not just a bed problem. Bed bugs are being found in offices, restaurants and movie theaters. ...

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Bed Bugs in the news http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/28/15518401-

bedbug-cure-may-be-worse-than-the-bite-health-officials-warn?lite

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/S-F-library-Don-t-worry-about-bedbugs-4147452.php

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/3/bedbugs-an-increasing-concern-at-dnc-hotels

http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Judge+orders+fumigation+after+found+Newfoundland+court/7731526/story.html

http://www.forbes.com/sites/katiebell/2012/12/17/traveler-tips-for-avoiding-bed-bugs/

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What do they look like?

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Bed Bugs what are they?

Common Bed Bugs or Cimex lectularius have been around for centuries and have been referred to in literature since Aristotle. Many of you remember the lyrics “Sleep tight don’t let the bed bugs bite”

Bed bugs are small brownish flattened insects without wings and “suction cup” feet. They do not build nests like ants, or other insects, but like to travel by scurrying across floors, in heating ducts and electrical outlets, natural hitchhikers.

They feed on warm blooded animals, but prefer humans as we do not have much hair/fur.

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Life stages of Bed bugs

Illustration by: Scott Charlesworth, Purdue University, based in part on Usinger, R. L. 1966, Monograph of the Cimicidae

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The adult female bed bug will lay from 1 to 2 eggs a day if the temperature is between 70° and 80° more or less depending on the temperature. The eggs hatch quickly in 1 to 2 weeks.

Bed bugs can live for up to a year without a meal.

Bed bugs are active at night when people are sleeping and hide out close to their next meal during the day.

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What happens after the bite!

As of today it appears bed bugs do not transmit diseases. Further studies are being conducted. Per Journal of American Medical Association

Common problems are itchy bites and sometimes they become infected from scratching. Not all people will react to the bed bug bite.

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Why are they back Many more people are traveling to far off

locations where they were never eradicated. Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe

Immigration has increased Pesticides such as DDT are no longer

being used. They are becoming resistant to current

Pesticides' being used. People have not had to look for them in

the recent past allowing them to multiply and spread

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Where are we seeing the problems

Everywhere!! High end hotels, dorms, apartments,

theaters, Retail shops, furniture stores, schools, daycare, buses, trains….

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How they travel: by laying eggs or hitch hiking on items such as:

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How to prevent them and get rid of them

If you suspect an infestation act quickly! Inspect books that are returned. Bed bugs are hitchhikers

they like to hide in the spine of a book. Do a bed bug check when staying in a hotel or motel. Look

behind the headboard, look on the mattress specifically the seams and box spring for tell tale signs (feces, eggs, bugs)

Be diligent when traveling. Keep the luggage off the floor or bed. Stay away from the drapes in the hotel room.

Wash clothes in hot water or put in dryer for 20 minutes when returning from a trip.

Clean the luggage after a trip carry a plastic bag for your luggage.

Use mattress and box spring encasements

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Pictures of bed bug infestations

Carpet infestationMattress infestation

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Bed bug prevention ideas:Put the stuffed animals or other items in the dryer for 20 to 30

minutes at high heat.

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Inspect the returned books; if bugs are found, place them in tightly closed plastic bag

and throw out or treat with heat.

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Place back packs in plastic containers away from carpets and walls. Wash or treat storage containers and do visual

checks.

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Other options

Bed bug traps and/or detectors Bed bug sniffing dogs (must be

continually trained) Pesticides Pesticide Free treatments Heat treatment for building only use a

qualified exterminator with experience

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Resources http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/

bedbugs/DS00663 http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/

entfacts/ef636.asp http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu/

publications/bb_guidelines/files/bb_guidelines_bbID.pdf

www.epa.gov/bedbugs http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/bedbugs/

faqs.html

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Resources continued

Accurate Termite & Pest Control, inc, Nancy Cox, Owner http://www.accuratepest.biz/

http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/docs/dph/environmental/sanitation/bedbugs-faq.pdf

http://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publichealth/insects/bedbug.html

http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=183643

wwww.bedbugregistry.com

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Questions?

Thank you Doreen Blades

US Eco Products, Corporation [email protected]

http://www.linkedin.com/in/doreenblades

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1/15/2013MA Library System Workshop Presentation by Doreen Blades, President of US Eco Corporation.

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