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Fri Dec 16 2011 11:54:26
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This topic has multiple parts:
Customers,Homeowners, Residents: Have you been handed pre-treatment preparation instructions? Did you find these instructions clear, easy to understand and were you able to comply?
Professionals: Do you have a written set of pre-treatment instructions that you distribute to customers? Do you find that they are able to comply with the instructions? What portion of customers prepare properly? Is it more common for customers to prepare properly or not prepare?
I look forward to your replies, thx! paul b.
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Fri Dec 16 2011 12:05:58
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I do it myself when I get on site, no point bagging up the whole house for one bed bug. Or when dealing with a job where the tenants don't give a .... It's never done as requested anyway.
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Fri Dec 16 2011 12:45:12
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Thanks BBM ! What area(s) of the country are you working in? (I'm assuming you're US based.)
paul b.
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Fri Dec 16 2011 13:05:59
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UK ....
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Fri Dec 16 2011 13:09:52
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BBM, thanks !
Actually, isn't it amazing that we're sharing information across the globe in order to battle a common nasty critter? Years ago this would not have been possible and technology marches on for our mutual benefit.
So, perhaps the lack of customer cooperation is not solely a US problem that we're seeing here?
Your UK folks have trouble cooperating as well it appears.
Thanks again !
paul b.
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Yep the biggest headache I have is dealing with rentals I would love to walk away sometimes but the landlords give me lots of work so I have to keep battling away. One part of town its particulally bad. it's not unusual to find bed bugs when called to deal with another issue and I always have problems getting even the most basic prep done.
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Sat Dec 17 2011 11:50:26
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P Bello - 23 hours ago »
Customers,Homeowners, Residents: Have you been handed pre-treatment preparation instructions? Did you find these instructions clear, easy to understand and were you able to comply?
I was not handed a sheet. PCO told me to encase my mattress and box spring, to launder and dry on hot what could be, to inspect and clean with alcohol what could not be cleaned and dried, and to seal the rest.
My immediate question was: what are we going to do with the unclean, uninspected bags? PCO answered we'd open them one by one, every week, and if bed bugs reemerged, we'd know where they came from.I laundered and dried as much as I could.
Inspection of things like shoes was not an option - I own about 60 pairs of shoes and boots, and could not see myself inspecting all of them.
I got a Packtite and will heat treat the books and the shoes I have not yet heat treated at some point, when I get back home.All in all, and in comparison with the extremely knowledgeable PCOs on this board (KillerQueen, David Cain, EffeCi, Jeff White, to name just a few), my PCO seems fairly clueless. I wish there were a list of competent bed bug professionals with the "bedbugger" seal of approval
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Sat Dec 17 2011 14:01:36
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Hi punaisedelit,
Seals of approval and confidence standards are coming, some would say they are there but my acid test is where such organisations come from and how they are backed. In the case of bedbugs some of the general pest control organisations stepped forward but the reality of this pest is that its specialist, currently access tot he best of the best is limited to a handful of those who are long term field observers and very much crafts people by our own right.
I have always found such skills to be hard to depart in a condensed fashion and have such always favored the apprenticeship approach to passing on the skills. Its a slow growth but you get prize winning crops as a result.
There are however some new bedbug specialist groups forming some of whom are actually formed through industry guidance and free from undue influences such as supply chain, processes or systems. A discussion of them is probably better served on a different thread but my list of affiliations is currently Bed Bug Foundation (a non profit bedbug group in the UK who are co-coordinating the EU code of best practice) NBBRA (National bed bug resource authority again a group based on public education and professional standards) and something called the UKPCO ( a trade group of independent pest control companies in the UK).
Back to Paul,
I prefer an untouched scene of crime. I want to absorb all the subtle details of the case and to understand not only the situation but the infestation and the probabilities of what is going on. Its like Numbers meets CSI and you just know I am Grisham.
It takes longer but it certainly prevents unwanted spreading and accidents. I feel its the 100% most important success factor in non chemical treatment.
I am known for telling people what they have moved in the room based on dust patterns and other forensic style signs.
However I know this is not feasible in most cases and compliance with instructions is always an issue which is why keeping it simple yet thorough is the best solution.
David Cain
Bed Bugs Limited
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