Prevention
for Bed Bug
Prevention is mostly about not bringing them home. Inspect second-hand furniture before it comes inside, and in hotels check behind the headboard and along mattress seams while keeping luggage off the bed and floor. Source: https://extension.psu.edu/biology-habitat-and-management-of-bed-bugs Run clothing through a hot dryer right after travel, and make discarded infested furniture unusable before setting it out. Source: https://extension.psu.edu/biology-habitat-and-management-of-bed-bugs Cutting clutter helps too: fewer hiding places ease inspection and leave bed bugs nowhere to settle. Source: https://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7454.html