Control of Bedbugs in Hotel Rooms

Bedbugs are a biting, nuisance pest that are easily spread by human activities and can ruin the reputation of a hotel or motel. In spite of numerous studies, bedbugs have never been associated with the transmission of a disease. However, bedbug bites can cause itchy welts that may become infected sores when scratched by the victim. Additionally, bedbug infestations may cause considerable psychological distress and embarrassment to their victims as well as being costly and difficult to eliminate. Bedbugs are often found hiding in the cloth seams and folds or under buttons on items such as mattresses, box springs, upholstered furniture, and cushions. They may also typically reside in any crack, crevice, or void within 5 ft. of a bed, but they may move to a bed to feed each night from harborages as far as 20 ft away.

The presence of bedbugs can often be determined by a thorough examination of bedding and  furnishings in the suspect room. Bedbugs often leave accumulations of dark brown or black fecal stains on furniture, walls, or bedding near their harborages. There may also be blood stains seen on used bed sheets. Heavily infested areas will have a semi-sweet, pheromone odor produced by the bedbugs.

Depending on the number of potential harborages in a hotel room, a thorough professional bed bug control job may require up to several hours of work per room. In addition to sanitizing cloth items such as bedding, mattresses, cushions, upholstery, and curtains, places to treat with a residual insecticide should include:

1. bed frames and cracks or voids in bed frames;
2. cracks, voids, and drawers in bedside tables;
3. cracks, voids, and the undersides of chairs, cabinets, and other furniture frames;
4. cracks behind or under baseboards;
5. cracks in wooden flooring;
6. under area rugs and along the edges of wall-to-wall carpeting;
7. cracks around window frames and door frames;
8. crevices around curtain rods and fixtures;
9. the voids containing electrical, telephone, or cable outlets;
10. crevices or voids in bedside lamps, phones, and clocks;
11. under picture frames; and
12. under loose wallpaper

If your hotel or business needs help identifying and/or irradicating a Bed Bug problem  – Call A1 Super Heroes immediately at (954) 255-2233 and our professionals will eliminate this problem.

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