Healthcare Inspections
Health care facilities experience a constant inflow of people and their belongings, and can expect bed bugs to be introduced from time to time. Hospitals, health care clinics, assisted living and nursing home all house people and bed bugs love humans. It is this characteristic that makes them places where bed bug populations can, if left unchecked, grow, spread and impact staff, visitors and patients.
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Health Care Clinics
Evidence from the pest management industry indicates that bed bug problems in the healthcare sector are on the rise.
The survey found that bed bug activity in healthcare facilities, in particular, jumped dramatically between 2013 and 2015, from:
- 46% to 58% in nursing homes
- 33% to 36% in hospitals
- 26% to 33% in doctors’ offices/outpatient services -
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Hospitals
Whether you are in a hospital, or some other form of healthcare facility, you expect things to be clean. Because these places experience significant human traffic carrying personal belongings and host sleeping people in multiple rooms, they are at high risk for bed bug infestations.
Bed bugs are most commonly found in patient rooms on the patient beds or furniture. These pests like to hide in soft furniture, mattresses, box springs, in cracks in the baseboards and behind headboards.
Our dogs are trained to detect bed bugs and are far more accurate than human-eye test. They can inspect a room in minutes with visual confirmation from their handler. We are certified through the Wisconsin Pest Control Association and the National Entomology Scent Detection Canine Association. If you think you have bed bugs or you would like us to inspect and certfiy you don't, contact us online or by phone at (608) 882-1508.
