Bed bugs are a potential risk for any business and residential. However, organisations offering accommodation, like hotels, hospitality, hospitals and transportation face a much higher risk of bud -bugs infestations.
Bed-bites can result in a number of health impacts including extreme Itching, Red welts, skin rashes, psychological effects, sleep deprivation, distressing and allergic reactions symptoms
Bed-bug can damage to your mattresses, sheets, curtains, towels, bed and furniture
They can Lowers the value of accommodation, negative online brand image, increased operational expenses, cost of replacement of your inventory, damage business reputation resulting in loss of revenue and customer’s trust
Bedbug reproduce rapidly and are difficult to control, adult female bed bug lay an average 5 eggs per day
Bed bugs infestation can spread easily and eliminating bed but on your own can be extremely difficult, Firstcare’s Bed bug Control approach provides you with an effective solution against bed bug infestation and to protect your home/business from future invaders.
Our Pest Specialist will perform a comprehensive inspection of the property., including beds, carpets, light switches, wallpaper, books, skirting, clothes, cabinets for key signs of bed-bug activity, determine level of bed-bug infestation
After the inspection is fully completed, our experts will recommend the best solution for the situation to get rid of ant infestation from your business and home. Treatment of your area by use latest and safe methods. Residual Spray Residual spray used to provide fast knockdown, long-term control and reduces infestation immediately such as liquid residuals, wet able powders. Cold fogging Complete spraying methods to reach places that are not covered by the residual spraying process Heat treatments The high temperatures steam (above 60ºF) produced by portable steam units are more than sufficient to eliminating Bedbug at any stage of their life cycle, kill bed bugs and their eggs upon contact. . It is both chemical-free and environmentally friendly
We provide recommendations and help to avoid re-infestation in your property after bed bug treatment.
Our Professional Specialist will continue to monitor and adjust your program as necessary. This includes Ongoing inspections of your entire property to minimizing the risks of an infestation to determine if additional treatments are warranted. Maintain reports & documents as requirement.
Bed bugs usually enter a property by being carried on clothing or inside furniture, A bed bug infestation has nothing to do with cleanliness
Reviews hotel: you may want to check travel reviews before booking a room in a certain hotel. If there are multiple reports of bed bugs, it may be a good sign to book a room at another hotel Inspect your room: Upon arriving at a hotel/motel, inspect the room, mattresses, box springs, head board, and night stand. Your suitcase in hotel: Place your luggage on the provided rack; Do not place on floor or bed, keep clothes inside your suitcase, not put clothing in drawers. Wash and fold: Place dirty clothes in sealable bags and immediately once you reach home and wash/ dry clothes at the highest possible temperatures. Don’t store suitcase in the bedroom Vacuum: Vacuum and wipe suitcases, put your suitcase/ luggage in the sun - away from the house for a couple of days, to help eradicate any bed bugs.
Second Hand Furniture: Avoid bringing used furniture and mattresses into your home, especially if found at the curb or in an alley. Check all used or rented furniture and mattresses. Maintenance: Seal cracks and crevices around your home to prevent hiding gap, Cover box springs, mattress Pillows with zippered cover, Pull Beds away from the wall /curtains Regular Cleaning: Vacuum carpet or fabric drapes upholstered furniture and all other affected area regularly (dispose vacuum contents immediately and carefully), Washing and drying bed sheets, pillowcases and blankets at the highest possible temperatures above 60 oc.
This pest gets its name from the fact that it is usually found in close proximity to beds. That’s because bed bugs need the blood of warm-blooded animals to survive
Bed bug are 4-5 mm long 1.5-3mm wide in size on an apple seed, 6 legs, oval and flat in shaped with wingless bodies, that are reddish brown in colour.
bed bugs can mature in about 35 days, they live about seven to 12 months, an adult female bed bug lay an average 5 eggs per day and more than 500 eggs in a life time.
Feed on human blood and Bed bugs mostly feed at night while people are asleep. Bed bugs may feed in linear patterns, leave a singular bite. Survive without blood meals for 2 months. Consume blood about 4 time their bodyweight in less than 15 mins.
Bed bugs can survive a wide range of temperature from nearly freezing to 45OC, , Bedbug will travel 30 meters and crawl up to 100 feet for a meal, Found in any crevice or crack, mattress seams, bed headboards, behind peeling wallpaper, broken plaster, light switches, under carpet, skirting boards, Bedbug come out at night, they are attracted to our breath(carbon dioxide) and our warmth (body heat). Bed bugs are hard to spot in the day, they only come out at night to seek meal while we are sleeping.
Bedbugs tend to leave straight rows of bites unlike some other insects that leave bites here and there, Bed bug bites have anaesthetic effect making it hard for you to notice when you have been bitten
A single bed bug can convert into an infestation in 10 weeks, 6 months is all that takes to develop a full bed bug infestation,
