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	<title>Comments on: Travel reporter gets bed bugs after hundreds of hotel stays</title>
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		<title>By: Winston O. Buggy</title>
		<link>http://bedbugger.com/2007/11/21/travel-reporter-gets-bed-bugs-after-hundreds-of-hotel-stays/#comment-7270</link>
		<dc:creator>Winston O. Buggy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let the fact that it took a considerable amount of travel be of some solace.
I'm not crazy about the straw either, hers are some suggestions I've prepared
for one of my clients.

The next time you travel you might want to follow these tips:
Use a flashlight or UV light to inspect your room for live bed bugs or evidence of activity such as fecal material, shed skins or blood spots. If room is suspect request a different room.

Using a business card and hand lens examine the cracks and crevices around the mattress, bed frame, headboard (most lift off the wall), carpet edges, picture frames, closets, nightstands, luggage racks and dressers to inspect for evidence.
(I've heard Lou Sorkin uses a notched metro card)

Don’t unpack; leave your clothes in a closed suitcase, knapsack or zipped up clothing bag. You might want to tape the zipper as well.

Keep your suitcase etc. away from the bed and don’t leave clothes laying about or in dresser drawers. Move the bed away from the wall or headboard if possible. Check yourself for bites or itching, although bed bug bites are not always immediately noticeable. Bag and seal pajamas in a clear plastic bag and examine.

                                              When you get home:

Unpack over a white sheet, directly launder washables in water over 140 degrees or place in a bag and dry clean. Use separate bags on trip to and from laundry.

Inspect and vacuum suitcases before putting them away. If you think you may have come in contact with pests you might consider treating the area and suitcase with a contact insecticide aerosol labeled for use on bed bugs. 
                                                          
                                                    Still Paranoid?
Travel with clear large plastic bags and enclose suitcase, clothing bag and all belongings except what you are wearing and seal with tape. Consider using a hard suitcase rather than fabric and sub wrap items in plastic bags. In some areas mosquito nets may be of use.

The you tube was interesting especially some of the linked ones although I'm not sure how Britney figured in.    opps</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let the fact that it took a considerable amount of travel be of some solace.<br />
I&#8217;m not crazy about the straw either, hers are some suggestions I&#8217;ve prepared<br />
for one of my clients.</p>
<p>The next time you travel you might want to follow these tips:<br />
Use a flashlight or UV light to inspect your room for live bed bugs or evidence of activity such as fecal material, shed skins or blood spots. If room is suspect request a different room.</p>
<p>Using a business card and hand lens examine the cracks and crevices around the mattress, bed frame, headboard (most lift off the wall), carpet edges, picture frames, closets, nightstands, luggage racks and dressers to inspect for evidence.<br />
(I&#8217;ve heard Lou Sorkin uses a notched metro card)</p>
<p>Don’t unpack; leave your clothes in a closed suitcase, knapsack or zipped up clothing bag. You might want to tape the zipper as well.</p>
<p>Keep your suitcase etc. away from the bed and don’t leave clothes laying about or in dresser drawers. Move the bed away from the wall or headboard if possible. Check yourself for bites or itching, although bed bug bites are not always immediately noticeable. Bag and seal pajamas in a clear plastic bag and examine.</p>
<p>                                              When you get home:</p>
<p>Unpack over a white sheet, directly launder washables in water over 140 degrees or place in a bag and dry clean. Use separate bags on trip to and from laundry.</p>
<p>Inspect and vacuum suitcases before putting them away. If you think you may have come in contact with pests you might consider treating the area and suitcase with a contact insecticide aerosol labeled for use on bed bugs. </p>
<p>                                                    Still Paranoid?<br />
Travel with clear large plastic bags and enclose suitcase, clothing bag and all belongings except what you are wearing and seal with tape. Consider using a hard suitcase rather than fabric and sub wrap items in plastic bags. In some areas mosquito nets may be of use.</p>
<p>The you tube was interesting especially some of the linked ones although I&#8217;m not sure how Britney figured in.    opps</p>
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		<title>By: parakeets</title>
		<link>http://bedbugger.com/2007/11/21/travel-reporter-gets-bed-bugs-after-hundreds-of-hotel-stays/#comment-7243</link>
		<dc:creator>parakeets</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good story and great to hear Lou Sorkin in person, not just in posts.  I think people will really listen to this reporter and her seasoned, experienced approach.  I was amazed at her technique of blowing at the seams of a mattress in a hotel with a soda straw to detect bedbugs.  That's new to me.  I'd be afraid I'd suck some up if I used a straw.  Gag!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good story and great to hear Lou Sorkin in person, not just in posts.  I think people will really listen to this reporter and her seasoned, experienced approach.  I was amazed at her technique of blowing at the seams of a mattress in a hotel with a soda straw to detect bedbugs.  That&#8217;s new to me.  I&#8217;d be afraid I&#8217;d suck some up if I used a straw.  Gag!</p>
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