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Title: The IPM experience at UMMC


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The IPM experience at UMMC
  • Maryland H2E
  • February 12, 2008

2
UMMC Background
  • 2 MM square feet under roof
  • 6 contiguous buildings varying in age from 1935
    to 2005
  • Various off-site properties 19 residential
    homes, clinics, offices, shelter
  • Variety of pest challenges
  • Fruit and other types of flies
  • Roaches
  • Mice/rats

3
Project Background
  • Involvement with IPM began about 2 years ago.
  • Initial site survey done. No follow-up action by
    UMMC.
  • IPM team came back (kudos for their perseverance
    ?)

4
Impressions
  • Bugs 101 An eye opening experience
  • Learned about our vulnerabilities
  • Where pests enter
  • How our practices contribute to our problem
  • How a change in practice can solve the problem
    with minimal pesticide usage
  • What we shouldve been asking our pest control
    contractor to do

5
Two instances
  • Office area
  • Staff living in fear of mice (and water bugs)
  • Conditions
  • Crowded
  • Lots of accumulated clutter
  • Abundant food
  • Poor cleaning
  • Openings into wall cavities and chases
  • Solutions
  • Clean sweep
  • Eliminate food storage or else
  • Plug openings
  • Snap traps on a schedule

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Two Instances
  • CMH Residential homes
  • Conditions
  • Baltimore row house
  • Most in good repair, but old
  • Roaches, rats, mice, spiders commonplace
  • Use a commercial pest control vendor plus liberal
    self application of pesticides ?
  • Solutions
  • Confirmed routes of entry recommendations to
    control
  • Eliminate self application
  • Training for maintenance staff

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