Common use of Prevention Recommendations Clause in Contracts

Prevention Recommendations. Resident should check for hitch-hiking bedbugs. If you stay in a hotel or another home, inspect your clothing, luggage, shoes, and belongings for signs of bed bugs before you enter your apartment. Check backpacks, shoes, and clothing after visits to friends or family, theaters, or after using public transportation. • Thoroughly clean after guests have departed. Immediately after your guests leave, seal bed linens in plastic bags, until they can be washed and dried on high heat. After your guests have departed, inspect bedding, mattresses and box springs, behind headboards, carpet edges and the undersides of sofa cushions for signs of bed bugs. • Resident should avoid using appliances, electronics and furnishings that have not been thoroughly inspected for the presence of bedbugs. Make sure that the electronics, appliance, or furniture company has established procedures for the inspection and identification of bedbugs or other pests. This process should include inspection of trucks used to transport appliances, electronics, or furniture. Never accept an item that shows signs of bedbugs. Check secondhand furniture, beds, and couches for any signs of bed bug infestation before bringing them home. Never take discarded items from the curbside. • Use a protective cover that encases mattresses and box springs and eliminates many hiding spots. The light color of the encasement makes bed bugs easier to see. Be sure to purchase a high-quality bed bug encasement that will resist tearing and check the encasements regularly for holes. • Reduce clutter in your home to reduce hiding places for bed bugs and vacuum frequently to remove successful hitchhikers. • Be vigilant when using shared laundry facilities. Transport items to be washed in plastic bags (if you have an active infestation, use a new bag for the journey home). Remove from dryer directly into bag and fold at home. (A dryer on high heat can kill bed bugs.)

Prevention Recommendations. Resident should check for hitch-hiking bedbugsbed bugs. If you stay in a hotel or another home, inspect your clothing, luggage, shoes, and belongings for signs of bed bugs before you enter your apartmenthome. Check backpacks, shoes, and clothing after visits to friends or family, theaters, or after using public transportation. • Thoroughly clean after guests have departed. Immediately after your guests leave, seal bed linens in plastic bags, until they can be washed and dried on high heat. After your guests have departed, inspect bedding, mattresses and box springs, behind headboards, carpet edges and the undersides of sofa cushions for signs of bed bugs. • Resident should avoid using appliances, electronics and furnishings that have not been thoroughly inspected for the presence of bedbugsbed bugs. Make sure that the electronics, appliance, or furniture company has established procedures for the inspection and identification of bedbugs bed bugs or other pests. This process should include inspection of trucks used to transport appliances, electronics, or furniture. Never accept an item that shows signs of bedbugsbed bugs. Check secondhand furniture, beds, and couches for any signs of bed bug infestation before bringing them home. Never take discarded items from the curbside. • Use a protective cover that encases mattresses and box springs and eliminates many hiding spots. The light color of the encasement makes bed bugs easier to see. Be sure to purchase a high-quality bed bug encasement that will resist tearing and check the encasements regularly for holes. • Reduce clutter in your home to reduce hiding places for bed bugs and vacuum frequently to remove successful hitchhikers. • Be vigilant when using shared laundry facilities. Transport items to be washed in plastic bags (if you have an active infestation, use a new bag for the journey home). Remove from dryer directly into bag and fold at home. (A dryer on high heat can kill bed bugs.)

Prevention Recommendations.  Resident should shall check for hitch-hiking bedbugsbed bugs. If you stay in a hotel or another home, inspect your clothing, luggage, shoes, and belongings for signs of bed bugs before you enter your apartment. Check backpacks, shoes, and clothing after visits to friends or family, theaters, or after using public transportation. • After guests visit, inspect beds, bedding, and upholstered furniture.  Thoroughly clean after guests have departed. Immediately after your guests leave, seal bed linens in plastic bags, until they can be washed and dried on high heat. After your guests have departed, inspect bedding, mattresses and box springs, behind headboards, carpet edges and the undersides of sofa cushions for signs of bed bugs. •  Resident should shall avoid using appliances, electronics and furnishings that have not been thoroughly inspected for the presence of bedbugs. Make sure that the electronics, appliance, or furniture company has established procedures for the inspection and identification of bedbugs or other pests. This process should include inspection of trucks used to transport appliances, electronics, or furniture. Never accept an item that shows signs of bedbugs. Check secondhand furniture, beds, and couches for any signs of bed bug infestation before bringing them home. Never take discarded items from the curbside. • Use a protective  Resident shall cover that encases mattresses and box springs with zippered covers that are impermeable to bed bugs. These are relatively inexpensive, and eliminates many hiding spotscan prevent bed bugs from getting inside the mattress, their favorite nesting spot. The light color covers will also prevent any bugs inside from getting out; they will eventually die inside the sealed cover (though this may take many months). Thicker covers will last longer.  Resident shall remove clutter. Bed bugs like dark, concealed places, such as in and around piles of clothing, shoes, stuffed animals, laundry, especially under the encasement bed and in closets. Reducing clutter also makes bed bugs it easier to seecarry out housekeeping. Be sure  Resident shall keep the unit clean. Vacuum and dust regularly, particularly in the bedroom, being especially thorough around and under the bed, drapes, and furniture. Use a brush attachment to purchase a high-quality vacuum furniture legs, headboard, and in and around the nightstand. While cleaning, look for signs of bed bugs, and report these immediately.  Resident shall arrange furniture to minimize bed bug encasement that will resist tearing hiding places. If possible, keep beds and check upholstered furniture several inches away from the encasements regularly for holes. • Reduce clutter in your home to reduce hiding places for bed bugs and vacuum frequently to remove successful hitchhikers. • Be vigilant when using shared laundry facilities. Transport items to be washed in plastic bags (if you have an active infestation, use a new bag for the journey home). Remove from dryer directly into bag and fold at home. (A dryer on high heat can kill bed bugswalls.)

Prevention Recommendations.  Resident should check for hitch-hiking bedbugsbed bugs. If you stay in a hotel or another home, inspect your clothing, luggage, shoes, and belongings for signs of bed bugs before you enter your apartmentunit. Check backpacks, shoes, and clothing after visits to friends or family, theaters, or after using public transportation. •  Thoroughly clean after guests have departed. Immediately after your guests leave, seal bed linens in plastic bags, until they can be washed and dried on high heat. After your guests have departed, inspect bedding, mattresses and box springs, behind headboards, carpet edges and the undersides of sofa cushions for signs of bed bugs. • Resident  Residents should avoid using appliances, electronics and furnishings that have not been thoroughly inspected for the presence of bedbugsbed bugs. Make sure that the electronics, appliance, or furniture company has established procedures for the inspection and identification of bedbugs bed bugs or other pests. This process should include inspection of trucks used to transport appliances, electronics, or furniture. Never accept an item that shows signs of bedbugsbed bugs. Check secondhand furniture, beds, and couches for any signs of bed bug infestation before bringing them home. Never take discarded items from the curbside. •  Use a protective cover that encases mattresses and box springs and eliminates many hiding spots. The light color of the encasement makes bed bugs easier to see. Be sure to purchase a high-quality bed bug encasement that will resist tearing and check the encasements regularly for holes. •  Reduce clutter in your home to reduce hiding places for bed bugs and vacuum bugs.  Vacuum frequently to remove successful hitchhikers. •  Be vigilant when using shared laundry facilities. Transport items to be washed in plastic bags (if bags. If you have an active infestation, use a new bag for the journey home). Remove from dryer directly into bag and fold at home. (A dryer on high heat can kill bed bugs.). It is acknowledged that the Owner/Agent shall not be liable for any loss of personal property of the Resident, as a result of an infestation of bed bugs. The undersigned Resident(s) acknowledge(s) having read and understood the foregoing: Resident: Head of Household Date Resident Date Resident Date Resident Date

Prevention Recommendations. Resident should check for hitch-hiking bedbugs. If you stay in a hotel or another home, inspect your clothing, luggage, shoes, and belongings for signs of bed bugs before you enter your apartmenthome. Check backpacks, shoes, and clothing after visits to friends or family, theaters, or after using public transportation. • Thoroughly clean after guests have departed. Immediately after your guests leave, seal bed linens in plastic bags, until they can be washed and dried on high heat. After your guests have departed, inspect bedding, mattresses and box springs, behind headboards, carpet edges and the undersides of sofa cushions for signs of bed bugs. • Resident should avoid using appliances, electronics and furnishings that have not been thoroughly inspected for the presence of bedbugs. Make sure that the electronics, appliance, or furniture company has established procedures for the inspection and identification of bedbugs or other pests. This process should include inspection of trucks used to transport appliances, electronics, or furniture. Never accept an item that shows signs of bedbugs. Check secondhand furniture, beds, and couches for any signs of bed bug infestation before bringing them home. Never take discarded items from the curbside. • Use a protective cover that encases mattresses and box springs and eliminates many hiding spots. The light color of the encasement makes bed bugs easier to see. Be sure to purchase a high-quality bed bug encasement that will resist tearing and check the encasements regularly for holes. • Reduce clutter in your home to reduce hiding places for bed bugs and vacuum frequently to remove successful hitchhikers. • Be vigilant when using shared laundry facilities. Transport items to be washed in plastic bags (if you have an active infestation, use a new bag for the journey home). Remove from dryer directly into bag and fold at home. (A dryer on high heat can kill bed bugs.)