Executive Housekeeping Today - November 2008 - (Page 5)

Good Housekeeping: Not knowing much about pests or how to handle an infestation can make pest management a frustrating area of responsibility within the housekeeping industry. The temptation is to hire a pest management firm and leave it up to them, but the same lack of knowledge may lead to different frustrations if you do not know what you can reasonably expect from your service provider. Pests are simply organisms scratching out a living where you do not want them to live. The more you know about them, the easier it is to live without them. In spite of radical changes in the field of pest management, the one n Eliminating Pests from the Equation by Mark D. Sheperdigian, BCE thing that has remained constant is the underlying principle of Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Changing the environment in such a way that pests cannot live there is the foundation of IPM. Utilizing multiple methods to achieve these goals makes the whole process more effective, longer lasting, and less reliant on pesticides. In a nutshell, IPM involves: • Preventing pests from entering the building. • Denying pests a safe place to live. • Denying pests food or water. • Trapping or physically removing pests. • Eliminating pests through the Pests are simply organisms scratching out a living where you do not want them to live, such as in kitchen cabinets. judicious use of pesticides. Each pest has to be addressed based on its own biological profile. This means that knowledge of pest biology and behavior is essential (continued on page 10) Quality assurance at your fingertips! Are you frustrated by… • Unjustified complaints about unclean rooms? • Difficulties showing proof of performance? • Time spent on manual QA inspections? • Hours spent trying to generate QA reports? WALSH QA Inspector The Easiest & Most Effective Quality Assurance PDA System • Automate your QAs • See results instantly • Communicate easily • Adaptable to all of your needs www.WALSHIntegrated Other Solutions: Rounds Tracker, Waste Tracker, Safety Leader and more. November 2008/Executive Housekeeping Today 5 http://www.walshintegrated.com http://www.walshintegrated.com

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Executive Housekeeping Today - November 2008 Contents Executive Corner The Most Unwelcome Guests Good Housekeeping: Eliminating Pests from the Equation Frugal Housekeeper Director-at-Large Distribution Don’t Just Clean up After Birds—Get Rid of Them! Monday Night is Fly Night Green Pest Control Practices Executive Profile The Green Scene Keeping Hard Floors Clean For the Holidays Inside the Industry Product Highlights New Members Joint IEHA/ISSA Members Advertisers’ Index Calendar of Events Inside IEHA What IEHA has Done for Me

Executive Housekeeping Today - November 2008

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