Bed Bugs: What Schools Need to Know
- Sample Letter: Bed Bugs Found — Parent Notification
- Chinches de Cama Encontrados en la Escuela de Padres: Carta de Notificacion (Spanish translation credit: Dr. Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, UT E&PP and Roberto Brenes, UT FWF)
- Sample Letter: Bed Bug Plan — Parent Notification
- Plano de Chinches de Cama: Carta de Notificacion para Padres (Spanish translation credit: Dr. Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes, UT E&PP and Drs. Armando Ulloa and Abelardo Moncayo, TDH)
Should We be Concerned about Bed Bugs in Schools? (EPP Info #778, “Pests and Pesticides in Child-serving Facilitities:” An IPM Newsletter, December 2010, Volume 4, Issue 2)
Other Articles on Bed Bugs (EPP Info #778, “Pests and Pesticides in Child-serving Facilitities:” An IPM Newsletter)
Bed Bugs in Schools — National Perspective
- Bed Bug Fact Sheets
- Bed Bugs Go to School
- Bed Bugs: What Schools Need to Know
- Michigan Manual for the Prevention and Control of Bed Bugs (Section on schools & day care facilities)
- NYC Department of Education (Bed bug kit with sample letter at end)
- Integrated Pest Management for Schools and Day Cares (North Carolina State University)
- School IPM Action Plan for Bed Bugs
- Wayne Walker, University of Florida, Housing and Residence Education
- Non-Chemical Bed Bug Management
- Bed Bug Action Plan for Schools
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Disclaimer
This publication contains pesticide recommendations that are subject to change at any time. The recommendations in this publication are provided only as a guide. It is always the pesticide applicator’s responsibility, by law, to read and follow all current label directions for the specific pesticide being used. The label always takes precedence over the recommendations found in this publication.
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