No vacancies for organizations in hotels

Hotels are a second home and a place to relax for many travelers. But they are not the only ones looking for a place to hang your hat. Pests are attracted Hotels of food, water and protect their accommodation, facilities and dining rooms.

While many parasites find their way into a hotel, some are more common than others. Hotel managers and cleaning staff should play special attention to areas like parasites. Here are to prevent infestation four hot-spots and a list of tips cleaning.

The breakfast and the hotel bar

A bar is an add-on for customers on the street, but also a one-stop shop for organizations in search of food. So are the guests every night and pests the hotel bar for a snack at night. To these areas maintained only for guests:

• clean food and drink spills immediately and cover foods that can be left for a longer period.
• Remove all food from the bar at the end of the night, including sliced ​​fruit, olives and other ingredients.
• regularly avoid removing garbage in the dining room smells linger.
• Empty after breakfast hours and disinfect bar remove debris and clean the tables.
• Do not keep empty beverage bottles or cans at the bar for more than 48 hours, as this provides for fruit fertile ground.
• Clean source to prevent fruit flies, flies and drain cocks flying phorid cattle for drinking water and wastewater on a daily basis.

Swimming pools

A favorite of guests, the pools are a very popular team in the warmer months. but they can also contribute to increased pest activity on their property. In order to keep the pool free from pests and carefree their guests:

• to remove the deck with a squeegee or a broom pests breeding clear standing water.
• Cover and dustbins emptied and rinse regularly to prevent accumulation of food particles. Remove rain water or residual moisture can accumulate in the box.
• do not plant flowers or plants with colorful flowers near outdoor pools, as this wasps, bees and other insects to attract.

Fitness center

An essential element for some customers, the gym also produces odors and pests moisture attraction. To prevent customers see parasites and walk to the door

• Blot liquid that has accumulated in machinery and equipment.
• Make sure that all cracks and crevices are sealed securely around the outside.
• Regularly remove towels and send to clean the laundry.
• Install a secure system to provide the odor eliminating guests.
• Ensure adequate ventilation, ventilation and air circulation in the room, as it will help deter pests.

common enemies Hotels

insects

Bedbugs have been known to hide and capabilities, auto-stop can always be entered. They can come in the luggage of clients, it is important to have a permanent plan for the monitoring and treatment of this common pest of hotels. Adult bugs are about the size of an apple seed. They are visible to the eye, but their cryptic behavior, it is difficult to identify. Perform the following steps before the problem to stay:

• Make regular weekly inspections during maintenance and detailed monthly inspections by a qualified professional.
• If signs of bed bugs on mattresses labels and seams between cushions or under furniture, behind pictures, behind the headboards and in the crevices of baseboards and electrical outlets.
• Bedbugs are using passive monitors strategically placed out of sight of customers.

Scrape

Cockroaches are very adaptable. You can go through customs cracks as small as 1/16, and once inside, they will eat some glue and leather toothpaste and pantry items. Cockroaches are nocturnal parasites, so if you see one during the day, a sign of a serious infestation was forced by overcrowding. In addition to their guests to change, scraping food can contaminate and even trigger asthma reactions in some people.

fly

The flies are evil parasites. Because they can move quickly from the surface to the surface, spread disease flies easily as they move junk food, dishes and processed foods. Hygiene is important to combat this pest, but it is important that the nature of the flight is to identify as requiring different types, different control strategies.

If a hotel is not harmful or an existing problem, in collaboration with a professional pest control, it is important to keep pests from the complex. to develop through a strategy for integrated pest management, like sanitation focuses on prevention techniques, maintaining the structures and exclusion can handle Hotels and prevent parasites. With the right strategy in place, the hotel can set the sign "no vacancy" to control pests and helps to ensure a pleasant stay.

Alice Sinia, Ph.D. Quality assurance is - regulatory services / Laboratory for Orkin Canada focuses on the legal requirements for pest control industry. With over 15 years experience, he has led the Laboratory Quality Control Orkin Canada including the analytical entomology and provides support to the identification of pests / insects branches and customers. For more information, e - mail Alice Sinia at [email protected] or visit www.orkincanada.com .

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