Pest Management Practices

IPM includes activities as diverse as writing pest management policies, performing 
building inspections, reporting pest sightings, caulking and sealing exterior openings, 
cleaning cluttered areas, selection and use of pesticides and record keeping. In most 
schools or childcare facilities, these practices will be carried out by a number of 
different persons, including administrators, custodians, contracted pest control 
services, teachers and others.  

Purdue University conducted a survey of K-12 public school corporations in Indiana to:

1) Determine the extent of public school adoption of IPM
2) Identify decision making personnel
3) Assess awareness and implementation of IPM
4) Identify implementation constraints
5) Masure use of educational resources related to IPM.

The results of this survey have been analyzed and are now available through the 
Office of Agricultural Research Programs Bulletin #B17872, entitled "Survey of 
Indiana Public Schools Pest Management Policies and Practices." The results are 
very insightful for Professional pest managers and School Officials alike as they 
prepare to implement IPM. Politicians can also benefit from understanding how
widespread the adoption rate is and the constraints impeding further progress. 

This area of the site provides an overview of all the practices related to IPM. 
Depending on how an IPM program is set up, different tasks outlined here may be 
performed by different individuals. 

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