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 SCARC Bed Bug Training

Education, Treatment and Prevention

History of Bed Bugs

• Bed bugs and mankind

– Cavemen and bat bugs

• Humans moved out of

caves and started agricultural civilization

• Early 1900’s through

1945

• Re-introduction of bed

bugs to the US

• Global economy

Allergic reaction?????

We are not alone

• This is the first of its kind for SCARC.
• Bed bugs have become an epidemic in the

USA and around the world. In 2013“Nearly half the

cities in the US show a rise in bed bug treatments. #1 is Chicago with NY coming in 17th, Syracuse #14.

• There are many other ARCs and agencies in NJ

that are dealing with this issue or have dealt with it in the past.

Where did we get bed bugs?

• Traveling and staying in

a hotel

• Clothing stores
• Offices
• Buying used or new

furniture

• Doctor’s offices
• Nursing Homes
• Movie Theatres
• College dormitory
• Sleep away camp

Biology of Bed Bugs Lifecycle

• Five developmental

stages

• Feed exclusively on

blood

• Need a blood meal to

develop into next life stage

• All insects have an

exoskeleton

• Shedding their skin is

called molting

• Nymphs need to feed to

molt successfully

• Adult males & females

need a meal to reproduce

Biology: Lifecycle

• Egg to adult in 37 days

under optimal conditions

• Adults lifespan can be

up to 1 year or more depending on regular access to food

• If bed bugs are starved
• f food they most likely

will die from dehydration.

• Adults can go 12

months or more without food but will likely die after that.

Biology: Feeding Behavior

• Secretive lifestyle
• Active at night between

12:00am to 5:00am

• Can travel yards to feed
• Attracted to CO2 and

body heat

• Like to aggregate near

where we sleep

– Box spring, headboards, bedframes, nightstands

• Breakfast, lunch and

dinner bite pattern

• Feed 5-10 minutes
• Return to aggregate

sites hiding in cracks & crevices

• Begin to digest &

excrete fecal matter

• Feed every 3-7 days

How big are these little critters?

A better look!

Biology: Egg production

• Females lay between 1-

7 eggs per day

• Can produce 5-20 eggs

from a single blood meal

• Male to female ratio:

– 1:1

• Female can lay on

average 150 eggs during her lifetime

Important to know?

• Bed bugs are human parasites.
• Bed bugs are not necessarily attracted to

unsanitary conditions.

• Bed bugs do not jump or fly, they crawl. They are

known as excellent “Hitchhikers”. They love to travel in or on bags!

• Bed bugs do not transmit disease. Research is
• ngoing.
• Bites go unnoticed while they are feeding.
• Bed bugs like stillness.

Where do they aggregate?

• Tufts, seams, button on mattresses
• Inside and under box springs
• Bed frames and covers
• Couches and chairs
• Window and door moldings
• Behind wall paper and pictures
• Cracks in hardwood flooring
• Under carpet along walls
• Wall voids behind switch plates and outlets
• Luggage, backpacks, clothing

Visual Inspection

• Seams of the mattress
• Box spring
• Bed frame
• Headboard
• Encasements
• Interceptors
• Look for fecal matter
• Bed bugs
• Shell casings from

molted bed bugs

• A good flashlight helps!!
• If there is a suspicion,

contact the Facilities Department, your Director or AOC.

Canine Inspection “Pheromone Sniffers”

Dana Pest Control Specialists Walter Lucy

Treatment Options

• Pest Control

Treatments- Chemical

• Heat Treatment

combined with pest control products

Pest Control-Chemical Treatment Process

• Treat mattress and box

springs

• Treat bedframes
• Treat night stands
• Treat all emptied dressers
• Treat all emptied closets
• Treat all baseboards
• Treat light and outlet

boxes

• Treat couches
• All steps mentioned are

repeated three times over a period of a month to break the bed bugs lifecycle.

– 1st Treatment – 2nd is one week later – 3rd is about two weeks later

Bed Bug Chemical Treatment Preparation

• Empty all bedroom dressers, night stands, closets

and place all bedding, clothing, curtains, linens, stuffed toys (from bedrooms) in a dryer on high heat to kill the bugs and eggs for at least 45 minutes.

• After drying the items, put them in new large

plastic bags and live out of the bags for 30 days. Dirty laundry should be bagged separately and when cleaned placed in new clean plastic bags.

More prepping!

• Prior to each treatment, VACUUM mattress(es), box

springs, bed frames, night stands, dressers, closets, baseboards, picture frames. Discard or empty vacuum contents outside. Vacuuming should be a daily activity with extreme vacuuming at least once per week.

• 1st treatment: remove all light and outlet switch-plates in
• bedrooms. (Pest control technician or SCARC

maintenance will do this)

• Must not return to location for at least 4 hours after

treatment.

• Following the last treatment mattress and box spring

encasements go on.

• Sheets must be changed at least once per week!

Heat Treatment

• A company will heat up

an entire house to a sustained temperature

• f 140 degrees.
• The temperatures are

monitoring via heat sensors.

• Most time companies

will use the heat treatment in combination with some sort of residual (liquid) application.

Bed Bug Oven

Current Plan

• Locate the bed bugs

– Canine Inspections (Lucy and Walter) – Inspections will occur on a quarterly basis – Once located, a treatment plan will be put into action

Treatment Plans

• A strategy will be determined by the type of

situation, location or possibly other conditions:

– Options:

• Relocation until treatment can be scheduled and

home/program can be prepared for treatment, return after 1st treatment, or

• Treat in place without a relocation
• Plan will be decided in consultation with our Pest

Control company regarding the best strategy to use.

Vehicles

• Vehicles can be a aggregate for bed bugs, but
• unlikely. To date we have not had an alert on

any vehicle.

• Why?
• No food source
• Not comfortable for them
• “May hitch a ride on someone”

Basic Tools for staff to use

• Tyvek coveralls and Protective footwear for use

during initial preparation for chemical treatment.

• Rubber gloves (standard for universal

precautions)

• Rubbing Alcohol in spray bottles (kills bugs, eggs
• n contact)
• Large supply of plastic bags (for use to dispose of

bug invested items and to use during 30 day period.

Bed Bug Inhibitors

• Mattress encasements
• Interceptors
• Chemically treated (RV)

strips for bags of items that you cannot launder.(available only through an extermination company)

Some suggested repellents

• Lavender scented items

– Dryer sheets with lavender – Linen spray with lavender – Rubbing Alcohol (70 or 91%) in spray bottles (a mixture of lavender can be used) – OTC insecticides such as, OFF, Deep Woods. – Grapefruit seed extract – Garlic!! They don’t like garlic in the skin..

Treatment Challenges

• Cluttered conditions
• Intricate bed frames, platform beds
• Stuffed Toys!!
• Poor cooperation/follow thru
• Reintroduction of bed bugs

Where might we be picking them up from???

• Shopping malls
• Big-box stores
• Bowling alleys
• Movie theaters
• Other peoples’ homes
• Libraries
• Apartment buildings
• Buses/trains/taxis
• Hotels
• Anywhere!!! They are now firmly entrenched in the

Northeast US

Preventative Measures to lessen the spread

• Hot clothes dryers, on for at least 45 minutes will kill them
• Rubbing alcohol will kill them on contact with a 15 minute residual
• effect. Make sure you have plenty of rubbing alcohol spray, and

spray beds routinely as you change the sheets each week.

• Bring as few items into the environment as possible; leaving coats,

purses and other personal items in your car.

• Avoid sitting or placing items on beds, couches or upholstered

chairs.

• Be aware by doing self-checks inspecting clothing, shoes, purses,

backpacks, etc.

• Ensure that all rooms are clutter-free.
• Utilize the bedbug interceptors on all beds, and check them weekly.

Make sure they have a small amount of talcum powder in them.

• Ensure all beds have encasements on the mattresses.
• Be constantly vigilant!!!

The end….for now???

Bed Bugs Quiz Directions

 Go to the ClassMarker website: www.classmarker.com  At the top of the page (in the yellow boxes), enter your username and password (scarctest).  Go to the “Bed Bugs” quiz and click on “Start Test.”  Your results will be automatically sent to Jackie once completed.