Hello. The Allergy Guy Here.

College campuses are just about to start their spring semester. This means that college students will be traveling back to their dorms, apartments, homes, etc. with carry-on bags and suitcases full of clothing and other items that they picked while on winter break. While most students are less excited to end their vacations and start a fresh semester, school officials are in the same place, worrying about their students traveling back to school and bringing bed bugs into the university.

With daily reports of bed bug infestations at local colleges and universities, it’s important that officials have an action plan in place to not only get ride of bed bugs, but also to prevent bed bugs too. We recommend that schools send out a message on how to prevent bed bugs and what are the key things to look for. Here is a short list of what we feel is important to know about bed bugs and how to prevent them:

1. Tip 1: Protect your bed with a Bed Bug Mattress Cover. We recommend the BugStop Elite or BugStop Hybrid brands.
2. Tip 2: Watch out for traveling bed bugs that hitch-hike onto bags left on the ground. To learn more about this, please refer to the post titled, “Bed Bug Suitcase Cover- Preventing Bed Bugs When You Travel.”
3. Tip 3: Invest in a bed bud monitor to help you become aware of a bed bug problem. We recommend the Clearview Bed Bug Monitor. To learn more about this product, read out post titled, “How do I detect bed bugs? Clearview bed bug monitor product review.”
   

By following these simple tips, you can drastically reduce the likelihood of getting bed bugs. Here at The Allergy Guy, we feel it is important to generate awareness about bed bugs and how to prevent the chance of an infestation. Our goal is to give our readers a few simple tips that they can easily digest and hopefully pass along to their friends – because the more people that are aware of bed bugs and how to protect against an infestation, the greater chance there is of reducing the spread of bed bugs overall, and on college campuses.