Bed Bug Protocol

OldDude · Feb 2, 2016

Let a sleeping dog lie!! Don't create another mechanism for hysteria. Head lice are enough to deal with.

Keepstanding, ASN, RN · Feb 2, 2016

TOTALLY AGREE OldDude ! I'm not digging this at all. We have had BB in other schools in my system and the higher up's want a protocol in place. Ugh !!!

JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN · Feb 2, 2016

Not much policy you can have about it when in school. Are you talking about a student with BB at home?

They are not a medical or public health hazard. In a severe case, you can get/provide the student with a container with a tight fitting cover for their backpack and jacket while in school and perhaps provide another for use at home that is kept away from sleeping quarters if needed. This minimizes the change of bugs entering the school.

(Which if they do, the school is actually a terrible environment for them to thrive in. And I would not go there without a documented infestation at school.)

amoLucia · Feb 2, 2016

Sheesh - next y'all will have to be policing Cockroach Protocol! :wacky:

You guys rock!

SaltineQueen · Feb 2, 2016

We are actually addressing this in our meeting tomorrow. Should be interesting. I saw a girl today who had, what appeared to be, bug bites...I suspect maybe bed bugs. :wideyed:

schooldistrictnurse · Feb 3, 2016

We did create a protocol last year after having two families with problems at home.

The biggest reason we created a uniform way to deal with this was so that no family could argue that they were being discriminated against, etc etc. Very simple actually, a closed container for their jacket/backpack while at school and a request for parent to verify home treatment. (I actually fought against that part but lost). Nearly impossible to ID from bites as they manifest differently in different persons, some with no s/s.

Side note: my daughter saw her primary and an allergist regarding a hive like reaction which they both thought was an adult onset food allergy. No such luck: her apt had bedbugs. The rashes went away after her apt was treated.

NanaPoo · Feb 3, 2016

Get one and put it in a Ziploc bag.

Stick it on your bulletin board. Job's done.

loveschoolnursing · Feb 3, 2016

We had to start a policy as well. Container at school for belongings. No library books go home (we have had 2 cases of bed bugs in library books, bugs were tested and confirmed to be bed bugs) and we ask the family to verify the home was treated. We also send information home on resources to utilize for assistance. Terminex sprays the school and keeps up on monitoring and treating. Our local Terminex guy offered to treat the families homes for free who had the issue. He said it was in his best interest to get to the source of the problem.

BeckyESRN · Feb 3, 2016

Get one and put it in a Ziploc bag.
Stick it on your bulletin board. Job's done.

^This immediately improved my day! As for the bed bugs, we do not have a policy in place.