Education

Professional Pest Control and Other Services For Your Educational Institution

From the large scale universities to the local elementary schools, educational institutions provide pests with an environment that has easily available food, water, and shelter. Bed bugs, cockroaches, rats, and other rodents are also common problems for the education sector.

Bed bugs are attracted to the carbon dioxide and warmth that humans emit, which makes a classroom or lecture hall a great place to hitch a ride to your home. Although bed bugs may cause itchy, irritating bites, they are not known to spread diseases. The presence of bed bugs can mean a major financial investment to properly implement extermination measures.

Cockroaches are most likely to infest cafeteria kitchens, restaurants, and trash cans in search of any food they can find. Since these insects are very unsanitary, their presence can lead to widespread contamination of food which is otherwise meant for human consumption. Once infestations are established, cockroaches can be responsible for causing and aggravating a whole host of issues from asthma and allergies to spreading diseases like salmonella, typhoid fever, and dysentery.

Rodents like rats and mice looking for food and a warm place to nest cause widespread destruction and risk the health of faculty and students. As rodents gnaw through walls, wires and insulation, this makes your institution a fire risk. Rodents also contaminate entire stores of food in cafeteria kitchens with their urine and feces, along with also transmitting dangerous pathogens like salmonella, hantavirus, leptospirosis, tularemia and hemorrhagic fever.

During these uncertain times, disinfection has never been more crucial. With the transmission of viruses and bacteria from external environments via students and faculty, having a disinfection program in place is an absolute necessity. Though janitorial services provide a cleaning, this is only at surface level and does not truly disinfect. If you’d like to learn more about Orkin Canada’s disinfection services, just click here.  

When looking to stop a pest issue, Orkin Canada is there for you. Orkin Canada has more than 65 years of experience in the industry, which is why your expert technician will get to the heart of the issue and create a customized plan tailored to your institution. To ensure your team feels at ease, all Orkin Canada pest control technicians have passed a security screening and  background check.