Bedbugs found in hospital emergency room

Bedbugs have been found in the emergency room at Kaweah Delta Hospital in Visalia, causing hospital officials to treat the room with bug killer.

Laura Florez-McCusker, a Kaweah Delta spokesperson, told the Visalia Times-Delta that a patient inadvertently brought the bedbugs into the emergency department last Wednesday.

“We immediately put established control measures in place, which we regularly use for all types of infection prevention,” Florez-McCusker told the Times-Delta.

Hospital staff and a pest control company treated the emergency room and surrounding areas.

“Our team’s control measures included caring for the patient and thoroughly cleaning rooms known to have bedbugs,” Florez-McCusker said. “Additionally, we examined every room in the ED and brought in a pest control company to treat rooms where bugs might have been present. This successfully prevented their spread to other patient environments throughout Kaweah Delta.”

This story was originally published January 17, 2018 at 4:39 PM with the headline "Bedbugs found in hospital emergency room."