Identification / Identificasion
What color are bed bugs typically? De que color son los chinches?
Reddish-Brown / Marron Rojizo
What should you do immediately if you suspect bed bugs? / Que deves de aser si sospechas que hay chinches en una habitacion?
Report immediately to a manager or supervisor. / Reportar imediatamente a un manager o supervisor
Why is it important to treat and inspect vacuums if they were used in a room with a possible bed bug problem? Porque es importante inspecionar la aspiradora si se uso en una habitacion con problemas de chinches?
To avoid spreading pests to other rooms. Para evitar regar parasitos a otras habitaciones.
Bed bugs can fly? Pueden volar las chinches?
Fiction
What area should be checked first when inspecting for bed bugs?
Mattress seams and box spring.
How big is an adult bed bug? Que de grande es el tamaño de una chinche adulta?
About the size of an apple seed. / Del tamaño de una semilla Manzana
Should housekeeping try to treat the room themselves? Deveria la recamarera tratar de resolver el problema de chinches ella misma?
NOOOOO.
What should you avoid doing with linens, luggage, or equipment from a room suspected of having bed bugs?
Do not move or transfer items to other rooms or areas until hotel procedures are followed, as this could spread bed bugs.
Finding one bed bug is enough to report the room. / Encontrar solo UNA chinche es suficiente para reportarlo.
FACT / Realidad
Name three signs of bed bugs
Live bugs, shed skins, eggs, dark fecal spots, blood spots.
You find an insect with six legs and two antennae, the size of an apple seed with a reddish-brown color. Can this be a bed bug?
Yes
After discovering signs of possible bed bug activity in a guest room, what information should you provide when reporting it?
The room number, specific location where evidence was found, what was found (live bug, fecal spots, shed skins, eggs, etc.), and the date/time of discovery.
Name three places outside the bed where bed bugs may hide and should be inspected during routine cleaning.
Headboards, upholstered chairs/sofas, luggage racks, curtains, nightstands, bed frames, and cracks or crevices near the bed.
Bed bugs only exist in dirty rooms. / Las chinches solo excisten en cuartos sucios
Fiction
During a room inspection, you find tiny black spots on the mattress seam and several light-colored insect skins near the headboard, but no live insects. What should you do?
Treat the findings as a potential bed bug concern and report the room immediately according to hotel procedure.