By Renee Corea

“The National Center for Healthy Housing, with funding from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pesticide Programs, has published a report on the actual practice of bed bug control: What’s Working for Bed Bug Control in Multi-Family Housing: Reconciling best practices with research and the realities of implementation (PDF).

The report is authored by Allison Taisey and Tom Neltner. It is intended for an audience of “health professionals, housing professionals, and pest management professionals seeking to plan for or respond to a bed bug infestation in multi-family housing. It is not a best management practices document” — this is important to understand I think. Practices are evolving and there is so much that is not known.

Don’t miss the case studies.

You can find other resources on the Healthy Homes Training website of the NCHH: Pest Control in Affordable Housing – Integrated Pest Management.”

Source: New York vs. Bed Bugs, www.newyorkvsbedbugs.org, Feb. 15, 2010

Link to posting: What’s working for bed bug control in multifamily housing: a new report from NCHH

For full report from NCHH, click here.