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Bed Bugs and Occupational Health

Employers have duties under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and its applicable regulations, including taking every precaution reasonable in the circumstances to protect the health and safety of a worker. This fact sheet outlines precautions that employers and workers may take to protect themselves from occupational exposure to bed bugs.

What workers are at risk of occupational exposure to bed bugs? Bed bugs can be found anywhere that humans live or visit, however, they are more commonly found in sleeping areas. Workers at risk include people who work in, or visit, locations with bed bug infestations, especially workers that handle bedding, clothing, or furniture where bed bugs could be hiding. Workers potentially at higher risk include fire fighters, health care professionals, housing management and staff, police, and social workers that work in or visit:

Can I pick up be d bugs by touching someone in an infeste d location? No, bed bugs prefer to hide in cracks and crevices during the day and do not fly or jump onto people. It is rare for a bed bug to move directly from one person to another. Movement of bed bugs from one human to another is usually by direct contact with infested materials.

What are the consequences of picking up bed bugs while I am working?

How can I protect myself from picking up bed bugs while I am working?

As an employer, what precautions can I take to prevent bed bug infestations and to protect workers? Precautionary measures that you take against bed bugs will vary based on the extent of an infestation, but include:

What can I do after I leave a potentially bed bug infested location?

Resources to assist employers when developing bed bug policies and procedures: 1. Government of Ontario. Bedbugsinfo.ca 2. The Community Bed Bug Committee and WoodGreen Community Services. 2008. The Bed Bug Resource Manual: A Guide to Preventing, Treating and Coping with Bed Bugs 3. Gangloff-Kaufmann JJ, C Pichler. 2008. Guidelines for Prevention and Management of Bed Bugs in Shelters and Group Living Facilities 4. Government of Ontario. Integrated Pest Management 5. City of Toronto, Shelter, Support, and Housing Administration. 2008. Bed Bugs A Handbook for Shelter Operators 6. National Center for Healthy Housing. 2010. Whats Working for Bed Bug Control in Multifamily Housing 7. Toronto Public Health. Bed Bug Resources 8. Ontario Non-Profit Housing Authority. Bed Bug Resources

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Dont Let the Bed Bugs Bite Kill Bed Bugs with Heat

ThermaPureHeat is a superior solution to get rid of bed bug infestations. This non-chemical, non-toxic approach penetrates wall cavities, mattresses and other hard to reach locations to kill bed bugs. By applying heat evenly throughout a structure we are able to kill bed bugs wherever they are hiding. Bed Bugs & Beyond will kill all of the growth stages of the bed bug including the eggs. This is an important fact given that not all current pesticide control methodologies kill bed bug eggs. This means that oftentimes Bed Bugs & Beyond can eradicate the entire bedbug population in a single treatment.

There is considerable documentation citing the temperature and time correlations necessary to kill bedbugs and their eggs. Several sources (Usinger 1966, Gulmahamad 2002, Quarles 2007) report that adults and nymphs die within 15 minutes at temperatures greater than 113F and 60 minutes to kill eggs. Raising room temperatures above the thermal death point and maintaining that temperature for several hours should eliminate a bedbug infestation.

The temperature required to kill bedbugs and their eggs fall well within the temperature ranges achieved by ThermaPureHeat. The low thermal death point of bedbugs allows Bed Bugs & Beyond technicians to better adapt the process to the building and its contents while still achieving efficacy. Unlike many pesticides, Bed Bugs & Beyond will penetrate into all of the harborages and kill bed bugs where they reside. Our process will force heat into beds, bedding, mattresses, furniture, electronics, wall cavities, etc. leaving no place for bed bugs to hide.

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Bed Bugs Services & Information Bed bug infestations in industrialized countries were far and few between after the early 1970s, however today they haveonce again become common. The bed bug epidemic really took hold around1999 and has spread at an unprecedented pace all over the world since then. Unfortunately New York State, Ohio, and Ontario seem to be the epicenter of this epidemic with cities in these 3 province/states consistently ranking near the top of all cities in terms of rates of infestation. One of the first and most important steps in eradicating bed bugs is proactive education. There is a need for the general public to be aware of bed bugs and the solutions to eradicate them, prior to any experience with an infestation. This is the most effective way to encourage early identification of an infestation and an effective response.

Pesticide resistance

Most structural exterminations were originally designed to work by spraying a residual insecticidearound the perimeter of walls and outside of areas where insects were expected to be hiding.When the insects ventured out of hiding hours or days later they would cross the dried pesticide residual and die, because the residual was still toxic. Resistance in bed bugs has been growing for seventy years since modern pesticides were first introduced. At Hamilton bed bug extermination we have seen bed bugs even survive direct sprays with pesticides that would kill other species of insects in 1 or 2 minutes. Hours later the bed bugs were still crawling around. Residuals left behind after applications have even less effect. In Ontario, 90% of the pesticides that structural and landscape exterminators used on a daily basis 20 years ago are now banned. The pesticides we use today are unfortunately not as powerful as many of the chemicals that have been banned. There are several other factors that have contributed to the current epidemic; however these 2 factors are perhaps the most important. Research conducted byDr. Fang Zhu and Dr. Michael Potter at the University of Kentucky has shown that mutations in the bed bug populations have created super bugs that sometimes have 400 times the natural resistance to nervous system based or pyrethroid insecticides.Different populations show very different resistance. The bed bugs in an apartment on one side of a street might be genetically unrelated to a population on the other side. Therefore the ones on the other side of the street might die from a pesticide application while the first group might be almost totally unaffected by the same application.Unfortunately any nonresistant populations are being rapidly reduced in numbers and soon even the limited effect that pesticides have today will be gone. Bed bugs are well adapted in other ways to resist conventional chemical pesticide applications. Bed bugs are able to squeeze into cracks less than 1mm thick allowing them to infest the physical room itself examples are under carpets, electrical outlets and behind baseboards as well as the rooms contents like mattresses, box spring, bed frame, furniture and clothing. This means that every part of a room is a potential harbourage for bed bugs. How are exterminators supposed to spray inside the binding of a book or behind the walls inside a bedroom? These characteristics of bed bugs make conventional applications very difficult even on less resistant populations.

How do we eradicate bed bugs?

One weakness that bed bugs have relative to other insects is their sensitivity to heat. The mutations they have developed to protect them from pesticides have actually increased their sensitivity to heat. Heat treatment is a onetime treatment that will eradicate your home of bed bugs. Hamilton Bed bugs extermination will rapidly heat all infested areas to 63oC (145oF) and then maintain that temperature for approximately 4 hours. Powerful fans circulate the heated air throughout the area helping to force it into a hard to reach areas. Thermometers are placed at more than 20 locations throughout the area being heated and transmit their information to receivers outside as technicians cannot remain in the heated area for the entire duration. Temperatures are monitored and recorded even inside walls and in insulating materials like mattresses and couches to ensure that every part of the infrastructure is heated.The heat is able to penetrate everything in the home from the mattresses, box springs, furniture, layers of fabrics and even into the walls leaving nowhere for the bed bugs to hide.After the application, bed bug monitors are left behind to ensure that no bed bugs are present. Before the treatment begins all occupants must leave and not return for at least 9 hours. Technicians will be removing EVERYTHING from inside drawers and cupboards in areas being heated. Clothes will be spread out less than 3 inches thick throughout the area in order to ensure that everything is heated properly. All furniture will be moved and area rugs must be lifted. Your house or apartment will look turned upside down when you get home. Be prepared for a mess.

Where are bed bugs in my house?

Despite the fact that bed bugs crawl relatively quickly (about 4 ft per minute) they do not generally stray very far from your bed. Except for in very severe infestations 90-95% of bed bugs will be within 5 feet of the bed and none will venture to the floor above or below. Bed bugs may infest one bedroom in a house and they may not have even crossed the hall or moved into adjacent rooms, however as a general rule all rooms on a given floor should be assumed to be infested. Bed bugs hitchhike on us more often than they crawl to new bedrooms on their own. Sleeping on the couch regularly may significantly complicate your infestation problems if you transfer the bugs to this new secondary location.

What do bed bugs look like?

Bed bugs are small (1.5mm-5.5mm) oval, flat and reddish brown in colour. They crawl quite quickly for their size and they try to tuck themselves into the tightest spot they can find. Their eggs are very small (1.5mm), oval and white.

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The Heat-N-Go process is the most environmentally-friendly and most effective way to exterminate bed bugs.

Heat N Go Pest Control is a fully trained and insured bed bug exterminator in Toronto. We have been using environmentally-friendly methods to get rid of bed bugs in Toronto and the GTA for many years. Our experience means we know what were dealing with and can give you fast results.

Bed bugs are nasty creatures, invading your home and business and disrupting your life. Bed bug infestations can be difficult to control and improper treatments will have the problem coming back again and again. If you are looking for a trusted and professional bed bug exterminator in Toronto, look no further. Heat N Go Pest Control are the bed bug heat experts. Heat is the best way to rid your home of bed bugs for good!

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