Remove your bed sheets and pillowcases from your bed.
How to get rid of bed bugs out of mattress.
It is a common misconception that bed bugs only live in your bed.
Put all infested items in a big plastic bag and tie a knot on top.
If you decide to clean your mattress yourself then the best way to do so is to use a stiff brush such as a scrubbing brush or nail brush.
Make sure that the exterminator uses any or all of the following chemicals.
Uld bp 300 or bp 50 permethium pyrenone 50 pyrethium tempo cyfluthrin and or suspend deltamethrin.
Bed bugs will hole up in furniture along baseboards in cracks in walls and yes in beds.
Pay particular attention to the seams to remove bedbugs and their eggs as this is an area they tend to occupy the most.
Wash bedding and clothes in hot water for 30 minutes.
This will prevent bed bugs from crawling out of the bag while you take the bag to the washing machine.
Look for black stains they leave behind blood and fecal matter discarded molted skins and the bugs.
Then put them in a dryer on the highest heat setting for 30 minutes.
First and foremost simply throwing out an infected mattress and replacing it will not rid your home of the pest.
Use a steamer on mattresses couches and other places where bedbugs hide.