Articles
This article in Executive Housekeeping Today discusses the potential for disease from bed bug bites and why ThermaPureHeat and structural pasteurization are the best remediation solutions for this problem.
A Prescription for Structural Pasteurization by Green Product Dealer
A growing number of medical professionals are prescribing structural pasteurization as a proactive health solution in sick buildings, particularly for those with respiratory conditions or compromised immune systems.
This Corrections Forum article in their Mar/Apr 2012 edition, provides good information to correctional facility managers on the benefits of ThermaPureHeat® in prisons and jails. This article talks about some of the other concerns that bed bugs are carrying human pathogens, such as MRSA and VRE. ThermaPureHeat® is an effective treatment for these potential health hazards.
This article in the April 2012 issue of Briefings on Hospital Safety, discusses the issues hospitals face when dealing with bed bugs and why ThermaPure® is probably the best solution.
Condobusiness, November 2011. This article by Dave Hedman, President of E-Therm and Co-founder of ThermaPure®, discusses new health concerns with bedbugs. Research demonstrating that bedbugs carry pathogens associated with human disease is a new concern for condo owners and managers. Read how ThermaPureHeat® and its structural pasteurization process are an effective process to remediate both bedbugs and pathogens in condos.
Ask the Experts – Healthcare risks of bedbugs
In the “Ask the Experts” column of the October 2011 issue of Facility Care magazine, Dr. Michael Linford was asked the following questions, “What are the healthcare risks of bedbugs? What should environmental services professionals be on the lookout for during daily cleaning routines in order to ensure that the facility is free of bedbugs?” These are serious questions for facility managers and recent research provides new concerns about bedbugs and their potential affect on human health. Dr. Linford cites this research and discusses structural pasteurization as an effective remediation process.
The Enemy Within: The New Challenge of Eradicating Bedbugs and the Dangerous Bacteria They Harbor
By Dave Hedman, Executive Housekeeping Today, December 2011. This article provides information from recent research linking bed bugs to human pathogens as vectors of disease. Additionally, the research evaluates the effectiveness of structural pasteurization as a process that will kill both the bedbug and the pathogens they can carry. ThermaPureHeat® is arguably the best process to manage bedbugs and the diseases they carry.
Bed Bug FAQ
Frequently asked questions about bed bugs, their bites, and how to kill and get rid of them
Can heat be used effectively to control bed bugs and their eggs? Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, wanted to find out.
Gail Getty, Robin Taylor and Vernard Lewis, PhD. “Hot House”, PCT Magazine, February 2008, discuss research performed to evaluate the ThermaPureHeat® treatment to kill bed bugs and their eggs.
Eliminate Bed Bugs
Executive Housekeeping Today, June 2008. Learn why ThermaPureHeat® is the logical choice to eliminate bed bugs in hotels.
New Tactics Take a Bite Out of Bedbugs
The ThermaPureHeat® treatment to kill bed bugs is one treatment method discussed in the March 20, 2008, Wall Street Journal article on managing bed bugs by Sara Schaefer Muñoz.
Bed Bugs Put The Bite On Hotel Business
Dr. Michael Linford and William Currie discuss the impact of bedbug bites in hotels and how ThermaPureHeat® treatment may solve their bed bug problem.
AAHOA Lodging Business – April 2006
Got Mold? Heat Treatment can destroy the problem while minimizing reconstruction costs
HazMat Management
Spring 2007
IAQ & IPM for Educational Facilities
A Case in Point™
Government Agencies Warm Up to Heat Treatment: New Applications for an Old Process
Remediation & Restoration
Spring 2007
Mold Remediation with Heat
ICS Magazine
November 2006
Structural Pasteurization: Mold Remediation with Heat
Building Services Management
October 2006
Thermal Pest Eradication in Structures
The IPM Practitioner
May/June 2006
Billions at Stake!
Claims Magazine
May 2006
Some Like it Hot: How Heat has Become a Tool for Mold Remediation
Mold & Moisture Management Magazine
March-April 2006
