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Bed bug monitoring for hotels

Every hotel gets bed bugs eventually. Guests bring them. The difference between a quiet incident and a public one is how early the property finds out, and whether anyone had to get on the floor to do it.

The problem with interceptors

Interceptors and glue boards work as detectors. They fail as a programme, because someone has to inspect them. In a 200-room property that is a shift of housekeeping time, it is visible to guests, and it happens on a schedule rather than on the night an insect arrives.

Placement and density

One monitor per sleeping place is the realistic starting point, placed at the bed legs or behind the headboard where bed bugs travel. High-turnover and connecting rooms come first if the budget is staged. Luggage benches are worth a unit in rooms with a lot of arrivals.

The unit carries no markings and is available in white, so it reads as a fixture rather than a pest control device.

What to do with a count

A first count after a quiet period is an inspection trigger for that room and its neighbours, not a treatment order. Confirm, treat, and then leave the unit in place. A run of zero counts over the following weeks is the evidence that the treatment worked, and the file an auditor wants to see.

Building scale

A LoRaWAN gateway on the roof carries counts from every room to the console without touching the guest Wi-Fi. The night manager sees exceptions, not a list of rooms to walk.

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