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They (bedbugs) can be present in upholstered chairs, as they have been in our library. On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 1:55 PM, bugman22 <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. > To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Britta - > > Bed bugs must suck blood in order to grow and produce eggs. Obviously in > a museum setting, bed bugs won't have an opportunity to suck blood from a > host. There may be a random bed bug dropped by some visitor. It would be > nothing to get excited about. Good housekeeping and vacuuming should do > the trick. > > However, an employee locker room may have more than a couple of bed bugs > if some employee's home is infested. They may repeatedly bring in bed bugs > to the locker room. This may require some sensitive investigative work to > identify the source. It may also require a professional pest management > firm to treat the entire locker room and all the lockers. If the source is > not identified, the locker room will once again become infested. > > The final situation is a cloak room for visitors. Here too a random bed > bug may ride in on someone's coat. Except for the bad publicity, if were > noticed by a visitor, this incident will not result in an infestation. > > I know of no official policy of an institution for referral. Sorry. > > Tom Parker > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Arendt, Britta <[email protected]> > To: pestlist <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Mar 25, 2016 12:01 pm > Subject: [pestlist] Bed bug policies & procedures for museums? > > This is a message from the Museumpests.net List. > To post to this list send it as an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe look at the footer of this email. > ----------------------------------------------------------- > I recently started a position in Chicago, a city that has a history of bed > bug infestations (as many large cities do). As the IPM coordinator at my > museum, I’m wondering if others have developed any policies/procedures to > limit potential infestations, to monitor bed bugs specifically, and to > respond to identified infestations. I’ve already learned quite a bit about > identifying them in the museum environment, so I’m hoping to gain knowledge > about what to do if one is found. Feel free to respond to me off-list. > > Many thanks, > Britta > > [image: Description: > C:\Users\BArendt\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures\CHM.jpg] > Britta Keller Arendt > Senior Collection Manager > (312) 799-2065 direct, (312) 799-2365 fax > <[email protected]>[email protected] > > Chicago History Museum > 1601 North Clark Street > Chicago, IL 60614-6038 > <http://www.chicagohistory.org/>http://www.chicagohistory.org > > P Please consider the environment before printing this email. > Subscribe to the Museum Blog <http://blog.chicagohistory.org/> > Like us on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/chicagohistory> > Follow @ChicagoMuseum on Twitter <http://twitter.com/chicagomuseum> > See Chicago History in Pictures on Tumblr > <http://chicagohistorymuseum.tumblr.com/> > Repin us on Pinterest <http://pinterest.com/chicagomuseum/> > Watch us on YouTube <http://youtube.com/user/ChicagoHistoryMuseum> > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to > [email protected] and in the body put: > "unsubscribe pestlist" > Any problems email [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list send an email to > [email protected] and in the body put: > "unsubscribe pestlist" > Any problems email [email protected] > > > > -- Sharlane Gubkin Preservation Officer Kelvin Smith Library Case Western Reserve University 11055 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106-7151 (216) 368-3465 ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list send an email to [email protected] and in the body put: "unsubscribe pestlist" Any problems email [email protected]
