Prior to Treatment

• Remove all sheets, covers, dust ruffles, comforters, pillows, or any other bedding covers from your mattress and box spring in all bedrooms.
• Wash all bed linens in the hottest water possible, and then run through a hot dryer cycle for a minimum of 40 minutes.
• On floors and hanging over chairs, all clothes should be picked up and washed as above, placed in a large garbage bag sealed at the top until the treatment has been completed.
• De-clutter — this will assist in removing potential bed bug harborages. Check items for signs of infestation.
• Cardboard is a favored harborage for bed bugs, so dispose of any unwanted packaging materials.
• Do not re-arrange furniture other than moving items three feet away from the walls.
• It is unnecessary to remove clean clothing items from drawers or cupboards unless they are heavily infested.
• Keep beds pulled out from the wall until bed bugs have been eradicated.
• Cabin beds/beds with built-in storage: Remove all clothing items from these storage areas and launder and dry at high heat.
• Vacuum baseboards to remove dust build-up from these areas. Remove the vacuum cleaner bag or contents of the canister, place it in a plastic bag, and dispose of it in the trash can outside.