Bed Bug Information

Video

• Bed bug training video, "They're back" (.mov)

• Don't Panic Bed Bugs 
• CCABB Board Members
• Connecticut Bed Bug Pest Management Professionals List 2019   
• Connecticut Health Department Bed Bug Identification Guide, Gale E. Ridge
• Spanish version -- Departamento de Salud de Connecticut Guia de Indentificacion de Chinches de Cama, Spanish version of Connecticut Health Department Bed Bug Identification Guide, Gale E. Ridge

• Final Report 2013

• Bed Bugs and Lookalikes:  Bed Bug Identification for the Recycling and Refurbishing Industries 

• Bed Bug Policy Template for Connecticut Shelters and Other Accommodations, Gale Ridge

Schools

• Bed Bug Guide For Connecticut Schools, Gale E. Ridge
• Spanish Version--Guia de Chinches de Cama Para Escuelas en Connecticut, Gale E. Ridge, Spanish version of Bed Bug Guide for Connecticut Schools, Gale E. Ridge

• Worried About Bed Bugs at Transfer Stations? 
• Spanish Version-- Preocupado por los Chinches de Cama? 

• Bed Bug Guide for Connecticut Day Care Services, Gale E. Ridge
• Spanish Version--Guia de Chinches de Cama Para Servicios de Guarderia Infantil de Connecticut, Gale E. Ridge, Spanish version of Bed Bug Guide for Connecticut Day Care Services, Gale E. Ridge

• First Steps to Manage Bed Bugs in and Around the Bed
• Best Practices for Bed Bug Management of Mattresses, Bedding, and Upholstered Furniture, Guidance Document for the Reuse/Resale and Recycling Industries in Connecticut (2011), CCABB
• Got Bed Bugs, Gale E. Ridge
• Spanish Version--Tienes cinches de cama? Spanish version of Got Bed Bugs?, Gale E. Ridge
• Bed Bugs: How to deal with them, Gale E. Ridge
• Spanish Version -- Bed Bugs: How to deal with them, Spanish version of Bed Bugs: How to deal with them, Gale E. Ridge
• A Home Owner's Guide to the Human Bed Bugs Climex lectularis L., hemipterus Fabr. (Cimicidae: Heteroptera)
• Spanish Version--GUIA DE CONTROL PARA CHINCHE DE CAMA, Gale E. Ridge (Spanish Version), Spanish version of A Home Owner's Guide to the Human Bed Bugs Climex lectularis L., hemipterus Fabr. (Cimicidae Heterptera), Gale E. Ridge
• Chinese Version--A Home Owner's Guide to the Human Bed Bugs Climex lectularis L., hemipterus Fabr. (Cimicidae Heterptera) (Chinese version)
• French Version-- La Punaise de Lit: Guide Pratique pour Propriétaires et Locataires Cimex lectularius L., C. hemipterus Fabr. (Cimicidae: Heteroptera), Gale E. Ridge (French Version), French version of A Home Owner's Guide to the Human Bed Bugs Climex lectularis L., hemipterus Fabr. (Cimicidae Heterptera), Gale E. Ridge
• A Home Owners Guide to Bed Bugs, Gale E. Ridge
• Materials from EPA's National Bed Bug Summit (April 14 - 15, 2009) are now available on the web at: http://www.epa.gov/oppfead1/cb/ppdc/bedbug-summit/index.html . On the website you will find the Summit's agenda, workgroup results, a summary of recommendations developed by the meeting's participants, and a link to the Public Docket where you can find speaker presentations and attendance sign-in sheets. Also on the website are the video webinar presentations delivered the first morning of the Summit.
• What's Working for Bed Bug Control in Multifamily Housing: Reconciling best practices with research and the realities of implementation, National Center for Healthy Housing. http://healthyhomestraining.org/IPM/NCHH_Bed_Bug_Control_2-12-10.pdf
• Bed Bug Catcher

CCABB Presentations and Information from the Connecticut Bed Bug Forums

CCABB, Bed Bug Forum XI, Tuesday, November 7, 2019

• Unique features of global human ectoparasite identified through sequencing of the bed bug genome
• Sensation and Emotion: A Discussion of Human Interaction with the Insect World
• Bed Bug Research. Understanding an Enigma.
• Bed Bugs- CT Legal Aspects
• Bed Bug Forum XI Photos
• Review of the "Natural" Product Minefield for Bed Bug Control
• Flyer, CCABB, Bed Bug Forum XI, Tuesday, November 7, 2019
  
  CCABB, Bed Bug Forum X, Bed Bugs Meet the Law, Tuesday, November 8, 2016

• An Act Concerning the Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants Regarding the Treatment of Bed Bug Infestations, House Bill No. 5335, Public Act No. 16-51 
• Background slides with award to Judith R. Dicine for Bed Bugs Meet the Law PA 16-51 
• Bed Bugs Meet the Law. An Explanation of Public Act No. 16-51. Atty. Judith R. Dicine 
• Introduction to Bed Bugs, Research, and Management. PA 16-51. Forum X. Dr. Gale Ridge, CAES 
• PA 16-51 Sections broken up into headings Atty. Raphael Podolsky 
• Program for Bed Bugs Meet the Law. Forum X. 
• Specific Issues Concerning PA 16-15 Bed Bugs 

CCABB, Bed Bug Forum IX, Monday, April 25, 2016

• Flyer, CCABB, Bed Bug Forum IX, Monday, April 25, 2016   

CCABB, Bed Bug Forum VIII, Thursday, October 16, 2014

• Flyer, CCABB, Bed Bug Forum VIII, Thursday, October 16, 2014    

CCABB, Bed Bugs Be Gone Forum VII, Thursay, April 11, 2013

• Powerpoint Presentations:
  • Bed Bug Reproduction and Behavior, Dr. Gale E. Ridge        
  • Managing the Public Face of the Beg Bug Crisis , Andrea Obston
  • Pesticides for Managing Bed Bugs, Dr. Richard Cowles        
  • Bed Bug Exposures, Lipca Insurance, Andy McGinty 
• Newspaper articles by forum speakers
  • Crisis report: Some lessons are new, others old, Andrea Obston 
  • The good, bad and the ugly of apologies, Andrea Obston

CCABB, Tuesday, December 7, 2010, Bed Bug Forum IV

• CCABB Bed Bug Forum IV, flyer, Connecticut Bed Bug Forum IV, Dr. Gale E. Ridge, Legally Bed Bugged, Judith R. Dicine

CCABB, March 22, 2010 Bed Bug Forum

• Biology, history, and current bed bug issues, Dr. Gale E. Ridge    
• Research and development, Dr. John F. Anderson
• Bed bug detection dogs, Charlie Mastroberti
• Inspection, self-protection, and management advice for health departments and PCO technicians, Michael Lipsett    
• Legal aspects of bed bug enforcement, Attorney Judith R. Dicine    

Technicians Sample Paperwork

• Bed Bug Control--Operator's Instructions
• Bed Bug Control--Technician's Report
• Bed Bug Control--How to Prepare for a Bed Bug Treatment
• Bed Bug Control--Bed Bug Treatments   

Working Bed Bug Dogs

• Bed Hide Demonstration (.wmv file) 
• The Future of Detection: Bed Bug Dogs (.mpg file)
• Pepe Dog Training (.wmv file)

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Delusory Parasitosis and Further Bed Bug Reading

• Delusory Parasitosis, Gale E. Ridge
• Ekbom Syndrome: The Challenge of "Invisible Bug" Infestations, Nancy C. Hinkle    
• Joint Statement on Bed Bug Control in the United States from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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