WHAT TO DO

The Harvard School of Public Health offers the following guidelines on how to safely manage an infested building:

_Before considering treatment, collect specimens and confirm their identity.

_Carefully inspect the bed frame, mattress and other furniture for signs of bedbugs and their eggs.

_Search for live bugs and ensure they are bedbugs before considering treating.

_Thoroughly clean infested rooms. Scrub infested surfaces with a stiff brush to dislodge eggs, and use a powerful vacuum to remove bedbugs from cracks and crevices. Dismantling bed frames will expose hiding sites. Remove drawers from desks and dressers and turn furniture over. Reduce clutter.

_Mattresses and box springs can be encased in special mattress bags. Any bugs trapped within these sealed bags will eventually die.

_To prevent bedbugs from crawling onto a bed, pull the bed frame away from the wall, tuck sheets and blankets so they won’t contact the floor, and place the frame legs into dishes or cups of mineral oil.

_Caulk and seal all holes where pipes and wires penetrate walls and floor, and fill cracks around baseboards and cove moldings.

_Do not apply pesticides unless you know what you are applying and the risks involved.

_If you need more help, get advice from a licensed pest control operator.

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I bet there are far more people doing that than I realize.