Customers turn to pest management professionals with delusionary parasitosis, skin conditions, mosquito bites and worse — suspecting every one is a bed bug bite. Tips to help overcome this include: Give yourself time to perform a thorough inspection. Use monitors everywhere possible. Have a policy about not diagnosing bites, with a thorough explanation why, for […]
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