How To Get Rid of Bedbugs With These Simple Steps

You can learn how to get rid of bedbugs easily with these simple steps.

• Wash, vacuum or clean all surfaces and bedding thoroughly.
  Wash bedding and affected clothing with hot water. Dry the wet clothes in a clothes drier on a hot setting.
• Vacuum the mattresses, seal the mattresses in dark plastic and leave it outside in the hot sun for as long as possible.
  Steam clean the carpets.
• Spray common hiding spots with a bedbug spray registered to control bedbugs. Follow the label directions carefully.
• Do not treat bedding with bedbugs insecticide.
• Your local council can offer information and advice on dealing with a bedbug infestation.

Bedbugs - Bedbug Bites

Hiring a professional pest control operator
A qualified pest control operator can determine the extent of the bedbug infestation, then use registered bedbug spray to kill the bedbugs. Repeat visits may be necessary to ensure all bedbugs at various stages of the lifecycle have been eradicated. Good hygiene practices, such as frequent house cleaning, should help to prevent any further infestations. However, vacuuming immediately after treatment should be avoided to ensure that the residual insecticide is not removed. For further information, you should consult your pest control operator.

Where can you get help
Your doctor
Licensed pest control operators
Your local council

Things to remember
Bedbugs are commonly found on beds or mattresses, and they feed on human blood.  Bedbug bites typically causes a large, reddened and itchy wheal that fades to a red spot.

Bedbugs are not believed to transmit diseases to humans.