<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">well, that gave me the willies 🐛-- but was very helpful! Thanks!</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 4:58 PM Abigail Vervaras <<a href="mailto:avervaras@ruthhughes.org">avervaras@ruthhughes.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">We had a scare with bed bugs (luckily it wasn't) and as a result we solidified a pest prevention plan that we have staff follow to help in the event that they see a pest on incoming items. We also mist any packaging before we use it with alcohol and let it sit. It's supposed to help eliminate pests from getting in through shared packing materials (This was suggested by Orkin). I've attached what we have staff follow for handling possible pest exposure since our scare. Hopefully it can be of some help.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 30, 2023 at 3:40 PM Corrine Stocker via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div>At Hazel Park, we use Rose for a quarterly inspection. (We would do it monthly if we could afford to.) They bring out a K-9 who does a thorough inspection. The K-9 once detected a tiny fragment of bedbug fecal matter in the spine of a book and went bananas! Of course, this does not prevent an infestation, but it lets us know if there is one.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Corrine</div><div><br></div><hr id="m_3939225691218577946m_-8687074101660568200zwchr"><div><b>From: </b>"Jean Fellows via Michlib-l" <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>><br><b>To: </b>"Susan Wess" <<a href="mailto:susan.wess@milanlibrary.org" target="_blank">susan.wess@milanlibrary.org</a>><br><b>Cc: </b>"Mich Lib-l Mailing List" <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>><br><b>Sent: </b>Sunday, October 29, 2023 12:39:40 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Michlib-l] Bed Bug Prevention<br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">I don't think we do anything to prevent per se. We mostly check incoming materials-- and I doubt that's done very rigorously.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 27, 2023 at 2:34 PM Susan Wess via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>After talking to several pest companies today and being told different things from each, I would like to know if anyone in library land has a solid action plan for the<i> prevention</i> of Bed Bugs.
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