PEST CONTROL IN OFFICES

Office premise is a busy premise visited by many people for multiple purposes. Often it is a crowded place full of furniture and other office equipments. It also has multidimensional activities like provision of food and drinks to people working in the office. As such an office bears every option to become an ideal breeding and germinating place for varieties of pests. Every office staff is a potential victim of pest carried diseases and the office a potential victim of operational failure due to problems created by pests.

Pests are a health threat in tropical countries like India. Commonly found pests like cockroaches, mosquitoes, house flies are in abundance everywhere spreading diseases. Offices being community place, any infected person can very easily infect everyone else in the office. This cripples the work efficiency of the office bringing down the productivity miserably. A proper preventive measure must be adopted well in advance. Serious communicable diseases like Dengue, Chikungunya, and Swine flu are threat to lives of office staff as well as reputation and image of the company.

Pests like rats and rodents destroy the office equipments and furniture. They damage office records also. Rats and mice, cockroaches contaminate food and drinks meant for office staff, thus causing many serious gastro intestinal diseases to people in the office. Potential damage to stocks, computers, electric fittings and electronic cables are done by these rats, rodents or mice.

Many factors contribute to pest infestations in an office….

Location of office
Location of office is very important for pest problems. It may be City, Urban, Industrial area, or Rural. It also depends on the surrounding of the office.

Building
The age, condition and construction of the building is also leading factors of pest problems. The sanitation and drainage with sewage facility matters much in pest issue. The dampness or moisture content in the building is a serious issue in pest control.

Design of the office building
The interior and the lay out design of h office building is an important factor in pest problem. The ventilation in the building, the sunlight entering in the building, the moisture and humidity issue on the building, all are very significant for pest control.

Stocks in the building
The goods stored in the building play a vital role in pest problem in the building. If the stored goods are food source for pests, the office becomes an open ground for pests.

Food and drinks
If the office has a cafeteria or pantry o serve food or drinks to office staff, it becomes a high risk factor for pests .These spots are potential germinating ground for pests and potential diseases generation places for office staff.

Accordingly, pest control measure methods should be applied for…….

Rats and rodents
The elimination of rats and mice should be done on traps and baits methods preferably. Rat poisons should be last priority for rat and rodent control. Dead rats rotting inside the office building are another problem in addition to pests which should be avoided as far as possible.

Cockroaches
Cockroaches should be eliminated around eating and cooking places, toilets and bathrooms, the drainage and sewage pipelines and the moist and damp areas in the office. Application of latest cockroach termination methods must be applied to ensure complete elimination of cockroaches in the office building.

Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes are abundantly found in dark areas of offices. Presently maximum life threatening diseases like Dengue, ZIKA, and other viral fevers are spread by mosquitoes that bite during day time. Places like under office furniture are likable hiding spots for these mosquitoes and they make the office their happy hunting ground from these corners. The best possible elimination methods must be used to eliminate mosquitoes in the office premise.

House fly
House fly is equally troublesome in an office and are a health problem for office staff. Proper elimination measures must be applied for termination of house flies in the office building.

It is essential to apply preventive methods to restrict entry of pests in the office building. It is also essential to have service of a professional and competent pest control service center with a proven track record, not only to eliminate pests in the office building but to maintain the office pest free.