NPMA Bed Bug Best Management Practices And Related Efforts Jim Fredericks 28 August 2011

The

Blue Ribbon Bed Bug Task Force

• Public Policy

• Research and Efficacy

• Public Outreach

• Best Management Practices

Task Force Work Groups

NPMA Supports:

•Registering additional pesticides for bed bugs for PCO use •Increased government funding for bed bug research •Limiting treatments in multi-family housing to professional •Requiring efficacy data for 25(b) pesticides labeled for bed bugs •Including bed bugs in the legal definition of "vermin" or “pest” •Formation of a state/municipal bed bug task force/working group/advisory committees •Government subsidies for treatments in affordable housing •More rigorous oversight of claims related to products/services •Stronger sanitation requirements for used mattresses and furniture •Statewide regulation of bed bug issues as opposed to local rules

Public Policy Work Group

Public Outreach Work Group

Research and Efficacy Work Group

•Many new products have been introduced into the marketplace •Many products work well, but many don’t •Few have scientific data to back claims •Currently, no government agency is requiring efficacy data •NPMA has partnered with a diverse group of stakeholders to develop performance standards and test conditions

Integrated Methods

Community-Wide Approach

Consumer Protection

Education

Professionalism

Bed Bug Best Management Practices: Guiding Principles

Consumer Protection •Before beginning service:

•Identify active infestation •Communicate fees •Communicate details of service •Communicate realistic expectations

•Provide bed bug specific information with agreements •Canine detection teams require third party certification

Integrated Methods Describes best practices for multiple methods of control

•Non-chemical •Steam •Vacuum •Heat •Freeze

•Conventional options •Monitoring devices

•Active monitors •Passive monitors

Community Wide Approach

•Discourages disposal of mattresses and furniture •Recommendations for inspection and treatment of surrounding areas and adjacent rooms •Recommendations for training and educating hotel and facility staff about bed bug identification

Education

•Training requirements for all employees •Additional requirements for technicians or salespeople involved in bed bug work •Recommendations for educating clients •Client preparation communication

Professionalism

Encourages professionalism through:

•Business practice recommendations •Service agreement guidelines •Recordkeeping practices •Training requirements •Inspection practices •Integrated Pest Management approaches

•Provides a summary overview of the BMPs •Guidance for selecting a professional •Provides a summary and full English and Spanish versions

Consumer Outreach Brochure

Bed Bug Best Management Practices

www.npmapestworld.org

Available in English and Spanish…in full, and consumer-friendly, light

versions at:

Thank You Jim Fredericks 10460 North Street, Fairfax, VA 22030 703-352-6762 jfredericks@pestworld.org www.npmapestworld.org