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Multi-Family Property Resident Education Tip Sheets
Residents are your most powerful weapon in the battle against pests. Even a little bit of improvement in their day-to-day behavior can go a long way toward helping to keep pests outside where they belong. Share the following monthly tip sheets with your residents to get them thinking smarter about what they can do to help your pest management efforts.

Office Property Tenant Education Tip Sheet
Keeping pests out of the office is everyone's responsibility. Share the following tips with your tenants about how they can help maintain a clean, pest-free office environment.

Orkin and BOMA International Present Green Pest Management: A Property Manager's Checklist
How green is your building? If you haven't thought about it, there's no time like the present. Orkin and BOMA International teamed up to present this five-step checklist to be sure your pest management program is environmentally friendly.

8 Places to Check Out Before Pests Check In - Housekeeping Checklist / En Espanol / Russian
Where might pests be hiding in your hotel? Download Orkin's "8 Places to Check Out Before Pests Check In" housekeeping checklist for tips on preventing pest infestations in the eight "hot spots" that pests frequent. Available in English, Spanish and Russian, the checklist is a great learning aide to share with your housekeeping staff, too.

Plant Manager's Pre-Audit Checklist
Does your plant undergo third-party food-safety audits? This checklist, developed by Orkin and NSF, will show you how to improve your pest management score on your next audit.

“ABCs of Pest Habitat Modification” Video Series
In 10 brief Webisodes, Orkin Training Center Director Ron Harrison, Ph.D., shows how you can make your facility less "pest-friendly," long before any chemical treatments are applied.

“5 Steps to a Better Audit” Video
Zia Siddiqi, Ph.D., Orkin Director of Quality Assurance, shares tips that will help you and your staff improve your next food safety audit score.

Sanitation & Storage Quiz
Sanitation and proper storage techniques are critical to effective pest management. Orkin and NSF have created a fun learning quiz to help your staff identify potential trouble spots.

“Before Your Next Health Inspection…” Checklist  /   En Espanol
Restaurant owners – coach your employees with this handy checklist developed by Orkin and NSF to make sure your establishment is ready for the health inspector's next visit.

Other Resources
Below are links to additional resources you can use to train your staff on important pest management, sanitation and infection control issues.

Health Care

• Co–authored by certified entomologists from Orkin and Western Pest Services, the American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES) of the American Hospital Association published this complete “how to” guide to implementing and maintaining a health care IPM program.
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended guidelines for pest control in health care facilities (see section V. under “Recommendation -- Environmental Services”).
  
  
• Nursing Homes Long Term Care Management magazine published this guide to IPM in long-term care facilities by Orkin Quality Assurance Director Zia Siddiqi, Ph.D. and Technical Director Frank Meek.
  
  
• Four Things You Can Do To Prevent Infection – The Joint Commission offers brochures, posters and video presentations to help health care facilities educate staff members and the public about infection control.
  
  

Schools

• IPM Standards for Schools – Recommended school IPM practices from The IPM Institute of North America, co-presenter with Orkin of the Gold Medal IPM Partner Awards.

Additional training materials will be posted here soon. Please check back to find materials relevant to your industry. Do you have a specific training request? Let us know.