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Measuring integrated pest management programs for public buildings.

Albert Greene1, Nancy L Breisch

  • 1National Capital Region, U.S. General Services Administration, Washington, DC 20407, USA.

Journal of Economic Entomology
|April 11, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in public buildings reduced insecticide use and service requests. This approach, focusing on policy goals over strict efficacy, successfully met government performance guidelines.

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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Public Health
  • Urban Entomology

Background:

  • Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is viewed as both pest control and environmental stewardship.
  • Empirical testing of IPM as a building-wide control methodology is lacking.
  • Public sector evaluations often prioritize ideology over methodological efficacy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the performance of a large-scale IPM program in public buildings.
  • To assess IPM success using metrics compatible with government performance guidelines.
  • To determine if IPM can achieve policy goals through reduced pesticide use and improved occupant satisfaction.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data on pesticide use/risk and customer satisfaction for evaluation.
  • Focused on ideological measurement rather than rigorous control efficacy testing.

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  • Implemented IPM by replacing sprayed insecticides with baits and using client reporting for surveillance.

    • Main Results:

    • Significant decreases in indoor insecticide quantities were observed post-IPM implementation.
    • Building occupant requests for pest control services declined substantially.
    • The program demonstrated success in achieving policy objectives within the first decade.

    Conclusions:

    • The General Services Administration (GSA) IPM program successfully met its policy goals.
    • Replacing traditional methods with baits and client reporting is effective for large-scale IPM.
    • While not a strict efficacy test, IPM achieved significant reductions in pesticide use and service calls.