Bed Bugs in Hospitals.  As if going to the hospital isn’t scary enough now you have to worry about bed bugs too!

Hospitals are usually considered to be clean and sterile.  Yet more and more pest management companies are reporting that there is an increase in the number of service calls.  They are receiving them for bed bugs in hospitals.

A True Experience

I know of at least one incident where a bed bug was spotted in a hospital room.  When the Bedbug was seen it was crushed and put in the trash.

But then the patients’ belongings were put in trash bags!  It was also put into his medical file.  How embarrassing that must have been.

Increasing Calls 

According to a recent article in Yahoo Finance, the number of hospitals that are calling for these services has increased.   This also includes an increase in services to hospitals, nursing homes, and even ambulances.

Bedbugs have not been found to transmit infections between the people that they feed on.  But they can leave itchy bites on their victims.

Infections

The problems arise when patients scratch itchy bites.  Then they can open themselves up to bacterias that can commonly be found in hospitals.

Especially bothersome is the highly potent, contagious, and dangerous staph infection MRSA.  So bed bugs in hospitals can be harmful or even dangerous to patients.  And this just isn’t about the patients, how many people regularly visit loved ones in hospitals?

It’s pretty scary to think that even a visit to an emergency room could end up with bed bugs coming home with you.

But this article also shows the number of places where bed bugs are showing up.  If you can find bed bugs in hospitals, where else might they turn up in public places.

Just as disturbing though is the thought that our elderly could be dealing with these nasty bugs in nursing homes, a place where they are to receive better care than we can provide at home.

“Dr. Jorge Parada, medical director of the infection prevention and control program of Loyola University Health System in Chicago. “You don’t need one more ingredient to increase your risk of infections in the hospital,” he says.”

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