Bed Bug Prep Instructions

Preparing for a Zoifia technician to visit your house to treat bed bugs? Take the following steps:

Remove all blankets, sheets, covers, pillows, and curtains from the bedroom
and place them into bags for laundry.
Empty drawers and closets and place belongings into plastic bags. Place all clothing and coats
into bags for transport to the laundry. Shoes, pillows, and children’s plush toys should be bagged for the laundry.
The room should be empty of all cloth and plush items, except plush furniture. If possible, the
pillows of plush furniture should be removed and laundered.
Move furniture at least 18 inches away from the walls; ask for help if needed.
Picture frames should be removed from the walls and cleaned or treated.
People and pets must leave the area during treatment and wait the stated amount of time
before re-entering, usually four hours.
If there is a fish tank in the household, it should be covered with a towel or plastic because fish
are very sensitive to many pesticides.
All clothing, linens and other items must be cleaned (free of bed bugs) and kept isolated until
the client is moved to a new room or location, or until the bed bug problem is eliminated.