Universities teach their students about bed bugs

Thanks to Don Baumgartner, EPA Pesticides Section (Region 5, Chicago), for compiling this list of web sites related to bed bug control in college student housing. If you are already servicing, or are considering servicing,  university dorms for bed bug control, some of these links might prove useful.

The University of Florida has possibly the most detailed set of specifications/recommendations for treating student housing.  This publication by Wayne Walker and colleagues is definitely worth checking out at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in880

Other related Univ guides to bed bugs are:

• University of Indiana http://www.ehs.indiana.edu/BedBugs/preventionquickfacts.shtml
• University of Pennsylvania http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/housing/assets/pdf/pestcontrol/bedbug_facts.pdf
• Stanford: https://www.stanford.edu/dept/rde/cgi-bin/drupal/housing/living/what-you-should-know-about-bed-bugs
• University of Florida guide for housing staff: http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu/pdf/Bedbug_Guide_for_staff.pdf
• From bedbug.com: http://www.bedbug.com/Page-Bedbug-tips-when-residing-in-a-dormitory_192.aspx
• From Rick Cooper at Bed Bug Central: http://www.bedbugcentral.com/bed_Bugs_college.cfm
• From About Insects: http://insects.about.com/od/insectssociety/qt/How-To-Keep-Bed-Bugs-From-Coming-Home-With-Your-College-Student.htm
• Video interview of Rick Cooper about sending your child to bed bug colleges: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IG0fZbZWfF8&feature=related

A word to the wise. It might not be a good idea to share these links with a nervous parent sending their child off to college for the first time.