New guidance for bed bugs in health care facilities
A new article on bed bugs in health care facilities from Orkin and the American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) of the American Hospital Association is out:
Category: Public Health
“A continuous and sustained effort”: Q&A with Dr. Stephen W. Hwang
Dr. Stephen W. Hwang is a research scientist at the Centre for Research on Inner City Health, the Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, and Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of … Continue reading
New case report of severe anemia in a patient with an advanced infestation
A new Canadian Medical Association Journal article reports on a patient who was ultimately hospitalized with severe anemia “almost certainly caused by ongoing blood loss from multiple bedbug bites.”
The Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force, doing great work
I hope you are checking the website of the Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force every now and then. If you live in a place, like we do, where there’s nothing like it, you can borrow and learn from them.
The CDC’s… key
I check the CDC’s website from time to time. The only bed bug-related materials I ever find there are journal articles (the 2003 Toronto study, for example, and the nursing home article we’ve discussed). And they’ve always had these keys … Continue reading
Section 18 exemptions under consideration?
Update – November 2009: Ohio has requested a Section 18 exemption for residential use of propoxur.
Beating Bedbugs guides from Greater London Pest Liaison Group
The Greater London Pest Liaison Group’s Beating Bedbugs best practice guides are finally out and you may download them on the group’s new website.
IPHPW presentations
The International Public Health Pesticides Workshop presentations are a good place to learn about the problems of pesticides development and availability. (Disease vectors are the focus here as we’ve already noted but we should nevertheless pay attention to this process. … Continue reading
311 finally has bed bug category
NYC 311 formalizes category for bed bug complaints — apartments, hotels, subways! Continue reading
NYC Department of Health at National Bed Bug Summit (plus agenda and webinar details)
The NYC Department of Health will present at the EPA National Bed Bug Summit, in a section titled “How Public Health Agencies View Bed Bug Infestations” — but what will the workshop discussions really look like. This is an interesting glimpse into the types of disagreements that may emerge in a discussion about what direction to take to control bed bugs in our society. Continue reading