<p>My co-worker’s husband works for a large extermination company doing inspections for commercial properties (not the actual exterminations). The things she tells me and the places he visits have totally shocked me. There are a few particular tourist destinations in his area that has to visit repeatedly. He also says they bedbug sniffing dogs are extremely busy to the extent that some of his co-workers have now gotten their own dogs because it is such a good business.</p>
<p>I feel for you. Oldest DD works in a daycare (in a very bad area of her city) and a few weeks ago one of the kids came in with bedbug bites all over an eye. The mother said the child had been to the father’s house for a visit and only after the visit did he tell the mother he had a problem with bedbugs. DD did not panic until about a week later when the child turned up with more bites. It was a good lesson as we did a lot of research about working in a possible environment where someone could bring in bedbugs (specific info we found pertained to social workers who do home visits) and how to prevent bringing them into your own home. Luckily, DD has not seen any instance of bites on her or the other children since so she is hoping the second round of bites was from fleas or another insect.</p>