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Recent bed bug incidents spark concern at Circleville High School – Pickaway News Journal

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Pest Controller Click Here For Article

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CIRCLEVILLE - Parents are advised to be alert to signs of bed bugs after several were recently discovered at Circleville High School.

A single bed bug was found at the school on three separate occasions since Jan. 16, according to Jonathan Davis, superintendent of Circleville City Schools.

"The first report was via a student the week of Jan. 16th," Davis said. "Another similar report came the week of the 23rd, then a bug was found on the floor [Wednesday]."

District officials believe the discoveries are isolated incidents of the bugs being carried into the building on clothing or belongings and not a result of any infestation at the school.

Davis said employees of the pest control company hired by the district and the Pickaway County General Health District inspected the building Feb. 1 and again Thursday, and both inspections resulted in clean reports.

"They have not found any live or dead bugs during their inspections and treatment," Davis said.

Kelly Dennis, director of environmental services at the Pickaway County General Health District, could not be reached for comment Thursday.

Davis said a letter was sent home to parents after the third incident Wednesday addressing questions about the district's protocol for dealing with incidents of bed bugs. In it, Davis details the steps taken when the bed bugs were discovered at the high school.

"The administration is notified by staff or students of a sighting, and we take proper care to remove the student from the setting, as well as their belongings, and notify parents," the letter reads. "Parents are required to come and pick up the student, as well as the belongings."

Additionally, he wrote, "the district then treats the area in which the bug was spotted, as well as any other space the student or the student's belongings would have been."

Davis said the entire high school building was treated on Jan. 28, and the district worked with the health department to perform a walk-through on Feb. 1, in addition to a second walk-through completed Thursday.

"In each walk-through, with the pest control company and the health department, there were no signs of bed bugs at CHS," Davis wrote.

Davis said Thursday he and the health department are confident the protocols put in place are proper, and that bed bugs do not reside in the Circleville City School buildings.

Superintendents Tim Williams of Logan Elm Local Schools and Robin Halley of Teays Valley Local Schools both said they were unaware of any incidents with bed bugs in their respective districts.

"If faced with the situation, we would work closely with the health department to ensure a safe environment for our students and their families," Williams said.

Halley said Teays Valley has dealt with situations involving head lice and recently pertussis (whooping cough), and any incidents of bed bugs would be handled through the same protocols.

"Usually when anything happens like that, we do have some policies in place," Halley said. "We sit down with our nurses, and we inform the parents. Usually our nurses run point on that to get the word out to parents with recommendations on what to do. I think the way we operate right now is pretty effective."

Cara Riddel, superintendent of the Westfall Local School District, said she can appreciate the current situation at Circleville City Schools because Westfall has dealt with bed bug issues in the past.

"I can tell you we've had a couple of cases each year at least for the past three years," Riddel said. "Honestly, we have a bigger problem with lice, because you have a lot more people affected by that, and lice gets spread a little more quickly."

Riddel said in response to those incidents, Westfall actually has its bed bug protocol on its website as a resource for parents and staff.

"If you find a bed bug, you put it in a bag so it can be inspected," Riddel said. "You don't touch it or anything, but you use a piece of tape or something to pick it up so we can identify it. It's important not to damage the bug."

Riddel said the district also has a special heating apparatus that can provide a heat treatment for an affected child's clothing that will kill any existing bugs on site.

"We also have a company that helps us with the right types of sprays," she said. "We vacuum and spray the building every night."

Riddel said bed bugs are considered a nuisance by the health department and not an actual health threat, so education and vigilance is the best defense.

"You have things like fleas, lice and bed bugs that are persistent, hard to see and difficult to get rid of," she said. "When people hear about bed bugs, though, they're alarmed, probably more alarmed than if they found out about fleas or lice. They certainly don't want to get bitten by them or have them in their child's stuff, but I think because it's so expensive to treat, people are a little more alarmed by it."

The Ohio Department of Health provides information on identification, prevention and treatment of bed bugs on its website at http://www.odh.ohio.gov.

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Bed bugs found in Holley Elementary School Wednesday; district taking action – 13WHAM-TV

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Holley, N.Y. The presence of bed bugs has been found in a classroom at Holley Elementary School, the district superintendent told 13WHAM Wednesday night.

Last month, the school district brought in exterminators after two classrooms were found to have bed bugs. Earlier this week, the district said the bed bugs had been eradicated.

According to District Superintendent Robert DAngelo, bed bugs were found in one of the original classrooms where the pests were reported, and that, after the professional treatment, there had been no signs of bugs until Wednesday afternoon.

D'Angelo described the treatment as having a type of "shelf life," and that another treatment is scheduled for this week.

The superintendent added that the student who reportedly transported the bugs has been identified. He said the district and the county are working together to provide assistance for the students family.

We continue to remain vigilant in looking for these bugs and will be very aggressive in our handling of this if/when we do, Superintendent DAngelo told 13WHAM News. We will also be very open and transparent with our parents in keeping them well informed in the event that we find this bug or any other matter related to their child.

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Answer Man: Want to avoid bedbugs on vacation? Follow these tips – San Angelo Standard Times

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Roger Schlueter, Belleville News-Democrat (TNS) 8:44 p.m. CT Feb. 9, 2017

According to a recent poll by the National Pest Management Association, 95 percent of pest control companies surveyed had reported treating at least one bedbug infestation in the United States within the last year.(Photo: Dreamstime, TNS)

Q: Were thinking of visiting the Badlands (of South Dakota) sometime soon Mount Rushmore, etc. But my wife has been fearful of bedbugs ever since one of our daughters brought them back from the Wisconsin Dells, Wisc., and it was total hell getting rid of them. I saw last fall that you trotted around a planet redolent in parasites, so Im wondering how in the world you have avoided them.

John Turner, Davenport, Iowa

A: I wish I had some brilliant personal advice for your better half, but the only way Ive steered clear of being bugged in my many travels has been through sheer, dumb luck.

Last fall, for instance, I was so worried about mosquitoes giving me yellow fever, elephants charging our safari van, and eight-hour flights causing insomnia that bedbugs didnt even cross my mind. Besides, I was at the mercy of my travel company, which made all the arrangements. It wasnt as if I could have pitched a tent in a hotel courtyard. I guess I hoped that if the hotels were good enough for former first lady Michelle Obama and her daughters (which the one in Morocco had been just four months earlier) they would be acceptable for me.

And I dont have a spotless record on this subject. In 1961, long before these critters became a massive blip on travelers radar screens, our family took a summer vacation in the West. My dad had just traded his 11-year-old Pontiac Chieftain for a nearly new Buick LeSabre, so we thought we were ready for a week in the Rocky Mountains and Yellowstone. Well, in addition to a leaky radiator that plagued us during our return trip through Nebraska, we woke up from our one-night stay in a Hoxie, Kan. motel scratching to the beat of the band. We soon realized we had been eaten alive overnight by bedbugs. Fortunately, we were able to wash all our clothes at my uncles house in Denver and, unlike your daughter, we avoided bringing any six-legged hitchhikers home.

So, your wife is smart to be apprehensive, because the bedbug problem has become a major headache. According to a recent poll by the National Pest Management Association, 95 percent of pest control companies surveyed had reported treating at least one bedbug infestation in the United States within the last year up a mind-boggling 70 percent over a decade before. These invasions included not only hotels from fleabag to luxury, but also office buildings, department stores, movie theaters, college dormitories, etc., etc.

But experts say there are steps you can take to help prevent yourself from being a smorgasbord for these miserable pests. Here are a few courtesy of Frommers, Purdue University entomologist Gwen Pearson and Missy Henriksen at the pest management association:

Before you even leave the house, you can reduce your chances of dragging unwanted guests home by using a hard-shelled suitcase. You also might want to pack your clothes, shoes, etc., in sealable plastic bags. Or, once in a hotel, carefully wrap the entire suitcase in a huge garbage bag or a specially designed zip-up plastic bag sold by some storage and luggage stores. You might also check reviews on such sites as tripadvisor.com to see whether past guests have complained of any creepy-crawlie activity. (Unfortunately, http://www.bedbugregistry.com seems to have no new postings since last February.) And if you book directly with the hotel, ask what bedbug prevention measures they employ to see what they say.

Once you check in, do a little work before you relax. First, dont throw the suitcases on a bed or put them on a carpeted floor. Instead, keep them on a table, dresser, luggage rack or tile floor of the bathroom, where bedbugs cant hide. Immediately check the bed for not only the insects themselves (about the size and shape of an apple seed) but also for tiny blood stains or small black dots resembling mold or grains of pepper. Pull back the sheets and check under the mattress, behind the headboard and under the bed. Then expand your search to include an inspection of curtains, soft chairs, sofa and the closet. While youre at it, you might want to keep an eye out for white powder in case the establishment has tried to treat a problem with insecticide.

If you find suspicious activity, report it immediately and demand a new room. Make sure that room is at least two floors above or below the original, advises Henriksen.

Even if youre satisfied with a room, dont let your guard down. Be alert for bite marks because while bedbugs arent active carriers of disease like ticks and mosquitoes, one Canadian study has found they may be able to carry germs from person to person, including the antibiotic-resistant MRSA.

They often bite in a line-shaped pattern, in threes, Henriksen told health.com. In the industry we call that breakfast, lunch and dinner.

When you return home or even before to be extra safe wash all of your clothes in hot water; bedbugs cant survive temperatures above 125 degrees. Wipe off and carefully vacuum out your suitcases and dispose of the waste bags. And if youve still managed to tote some home even after all of these precautions, it is recommended you call a professional exterminator to make your home bug-free again.

If my experiences are any indication, chances are its not going to happen. As you obviously know, Ive stayed in countless hotels around the country and the world (including many budget inns in my early days) and except for Hoxie, Ive never had a problem. So dont douse yourself in pesticides or sit around the pool in a hazmat suit.

Panic and paranoia doesnt help at all, Henriksen said. Vigilance is the most important thing following a checklist, doing an inspection. Those are the things that are going to minimize your likelihood of an infestation.

So have a nice trip. And, hey, dont let the bedbugs bite.

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Bedbugs ‘an ongoing problem’ – MyWebTimes.com

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Phyllis Anderson uses a walker and suffers her share of health problems, including a blood clot. On top of that, she says she is dealing with bedbugs.

Anderson lives on the fourth floor of the Fox High-Rise, which is part of the Housing Authority for La Salle County.

Last year, the authority acknowledged a bedbug issue at Fox, among other places.

Currently, the authority is dealing with 13 units with bedbug issues six in the Ottawa-Marseilles-Seneca zone, five in the Streator area and two in the La Salle-Peru-Oglesby-Mendota zone, according to officials. That figures to about 1 percent of units.

Sitting in her studio apartment Monday, Anderson pointed to black marks on her chair's armrest she said were droppings from bedbugs, which feed on human blood.

Anderson, who has lived in the high-rise for 29 years, said she doesn't suffer from any itchiness as the result of bedbugs, but the droppings upset her. She said she takes pride in her apartment's cleanliness.

While a reporter interviewed her Monday morning, Anderson received a phone call from an authority official, who said the agency would send a private exterminator to treat the problem Thursday. Anderson was told she would be required to leave her apartment for four hours and follow instructions, which include packing up everything in her apartment.

Anderson told the official she did not have the physical ability to pack up her belongings. She became angrier during the conversation, disputing the authority's requirements. After a few minutes, she hung up on the official, telling the the reporter, "That may get me in trouble."

Her hands shook. The conversation, she said, disturbed her.

In October, an authority-hired exterminator treated her place. Then, she received the help of a couple neighbors to put her things back in place. She stayed in one of their apartments during the treatment. But those neighbors have since moved, leaving her with fewer options.

"If it weren't for the two neighbors, I don't know what I would have done," Anderson said. "I can't hire someone. I don't even have money for my medicine."

Looking in her calendar, she said the bedbug problems started in the high-rise in early 2013. In all the years before that, she said she never heard of such an issue there.

Rick Jurkas, the authority's executive director, confirmed Anderson requested an inspection for bedbugs. He said a search last Friday yielded one live bedbug and two dead ones.

"It sounds like the bedbugs were in the carpeting," Jurkas said. "If the unit were heavily infested, you would see them in the bed. We called (the exterminator) right away after she called. The biggest thing is getting on them right away."

According to the authority's policies, tenants must contact the management office if they believe they have bedbugs. If an inspector finds them, tenants will be required to comply with the treatment process. This includes signing a checklist, preparing for treatment, changing living habits, cooperating with pesticide contractors and teaming up with the authority until the bedbugs are gone.

Jurkas said he would look for an organization that could help Anderson, but others may not want to come in, given the bedbug issue.

Anderson's unit is the only one now with bedbug issues at the Fox High-Rise.

Until about a decade ago, public housing in La Salle County and around Illinois dealt with cockroach problems, not bedbugs, Jurkas said.

"Before 10 years ago, there was never a bedbug anywhere in public housing," said Jurkas, who has been with the authority for 35 years. "Bedbugs are now something we'll constantly have to deal with until the powers that be come up with something that kills them. Ideally, we would have zero bedbugs. I don't know if that day will ever come. I think it's an ongoing problem."

La Salle County's public housing, he said, experiences 20 percent turnover every year.

"People are constantly coming and going. Bedbugs come in from used furniture and used clothing," Jurkas said. "All it takes is bedbugs coming in from somewhere else."

Bedbugs are flat, tiny insects, oval in shape and light tan to brown until after the bite, in which case they turn a reddish color.

Bedbugs are considered a nuisance, causing skin rashes. But they pose no health risks. The level of sanitation has nothing to do with the existence of bedbugs. The insects burrow deep inside of couches and other items.

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