How to Prevent Bedbugs in Hotels

• 1). Encase all mattresses and box springs in a bedbug-proof mattress cover.
  
  
• 2). Avoid buying used mattresses and used furniture.
  
  
• 3). Use metal bed frames rather than wood.
  
  
• 4). Hire a regular exterminator who not only sprays for roaches and mice, but also bedbugs.
  
  
• 5). Wash and dry all sheets and comforters in hot water and dry with high heat when a guest checks out of the room.
  
  
• 6). Follow-up on each bedbug complaint from guests and workers and spray the room and clean thoroughly.
  
  
• 7). Inspect all rooms on a regular basis, including walls, carpeted areas, furniture and beds. Look for signs of bedbugs, such as brown spots, which are usually dried blood from recent feedings.