Property managers often ask technicians, "When can I rent this hotel room?" or "When is it safe for new tenants to move into a previously infested unit?" These are difficult questions for technicians to answer and they're loaded with liability. "The inconvenient truth is that there is no way to know for sure," Larry Pinto, entomologist and publisher of the industry newsletter Techletter, told attendees of PCT's Bed Bug Virtual Conference last year. Even following aggressive, repeated service, some bed bugs and eggs can survive. Clearly, many hotel rooms go back into service before all of the bed bugs and eggs have been killed.
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