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Bedbugs in the Intensive Care Unit

Bedbugs in the Intensive Care Unit LWW/CCNQ CNQ200099 March 7, 2011 17:40 Char Count= Crit Care Nurs Q Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 150–153 Copyright  c 2011 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Bedbugs in the Intensive Care Unit A Risk You Cannot Afford Susan Leininger-Hogan, MSN, RN When even one bedbug is discovered in the intensive care unit (ICU), it becomes an environmen- tal emergency for the hospital and may pose an economic threat, since rooms and other support space must be taken out of service to permit appropriate eradication of these unwanted pests. Fur- thermore, the presence of the pests can create a public relations nightmare for your facility when news headlines alarmingly announce, “bedbugs have been found in a local healthcare facility.” Pa- tients and their families, staff members, and others who visit the hospital suddenly feel threatened by these little pests that actually pose a minimal threat to most individuals other than their bites and the itching which accompanies them. Nurses must be prepared to identify skin conditions associated with bedbug bites and to promptly report any sightings within the ICU to environmen- tal services. An integrated pest management program and vigilance of staff are vital elements for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Critical Care Nursing Quarterly Wolters Kluwer Health

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© 2011 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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0887-9303
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10.1097/CNQ.0b013e31821100de
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LWW/CCNQ CNQ200099 March 7, 2011 17:40 Char Count= Crit Care Nurs Q Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 150–153 Copyright  c 2011 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Bedbugs in the Intensive Care Unit A Risk You Cannot Afford Susan Leininger-Hogan, MSN, RN When even one bedbug is discovered in the intensive care unit (ICU), it becomes an environmen- tal emergency for the hospital and may pose an economic threat, since rooms and other support space must be taken out of service to permit appropriate eradication of these unwanted pests. Fur- thermore, the presence of the pests can create a public relations nightmare for your facility when news headlines alarmingly announce, “bedbugs have been found in a local healthcare facility.” Pa- tients and their families, staff members, and others who visit the hospital suddenly feel threatened by these little pests that actually pose a minimal threat to most individuals other than their bites and the itching which accompanies them. Nurses must be prepared to identify skin conditions associated with bedbug bites and to promptly report any sightings within the ICU to environmen- tal services. An integrated pest management program and vigilance of staff are vital elements for

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Critical Care Nursing Quarterly – Wolters Kluwer Health

Published: Apr 1, 2011

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