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SabineP said:So my ethical question is : what would I do if someone would tell me they carried bedbugs or the likes? Try to convince them to tell to the hospitaleros or if they don't do this themselves " tell on " and report them?
Anniesantiago said:One way people have kept the vermin down is to put little "lids" of poison under each leg of the bed - so they can't crawl up the bed without going into the poison. This has worked very well, where they've used it, and is cheap. You can use any type of lid that will hold a powder or liquid.
I was hospitalera at the Refugio Guacelmo last September. We received very specific instructions on how to deal with bed bug victims. The whole protocol is too long to repeat here, but basically, before even checking in a Pilgrim, we showed them the super enlarged photo of a bed bug, which also showed photos of reactions on the skin of an unfortunate victim! We asked if they had ever had any bites, etc. Should a person have been bitten, we kept him/her in a separate part of the Albergue, we washed all their belongings, including their sleeping bag, gave them fresh spare clothes to wear for the rest of the day. The backpack and any other bulky item was put in a large plastic bag, sprayed with a special anti-bug solution and left in the sun. There was also a pictorial notice which we pointed out to everyone NO BACKPACKS ON THE BEDS! During our 18 days stay at Guacelmo, we dealt with 12 cases of bed bugs!!! There were a few albergues, which we quickly found out to be infested: Jesus and Maria in Pamplona, San Javier in Astorga, to name 2. Only on one occasion was the Pilgrim somewhat reluctant to adhere to the "rules"! One lady slipped through and it was only when she was washing her clothes that I noticed all the bites on her arms and shoulders. She was then "put through the treatment" and also taken out of the main dormitory and given a separate room. AnneSabineP said:I only saw one poster with warnings and explanations about bedbugs on my Camino. This was in Albergue Gaucelmo in Rabanal. IMHO these posters should be in every albergue.
annakappa said:I was hospitalera at the Refugio Guacelmo last September. We received very specific instructions on how to deal with bed bug victims. The whole protocol is too long to repeat here, but basically, before even checking in a Pilgrim, we showed them the super enlarged photo of a bed bug, which also showed photos of reactions on the skin of an unfortunate victim! We asked if they had ever had any bites, etc. Should a person have been bitten, we kept him/her in a separate part of the Albergue, we washed all their belongings, including their sleeping bag, gave them fresh spare clothes to wear for the rest of the day. The backpack and any other bulky item was put in a large plastic bag, sprayed with a special anti-bug solution and left in the sun. There was also a pictorial notice which we pointed out to everyone NO BACKPACKS ON THE BEDS! During our 18 days stay at Guacelmo, we dealt with 12 cases of bed bugs!!! There were a few albergues, which we quickly found out to be infested: Jesus and Maria in Pamplona, San Javier in Astorga, to name 2. Only on one occasion was the Pilgrim somewhat reluctant to adhere to the "rules"! One lady slipped through and it was only when she was washing her clothes that I noticed all the bites on her arms and shoulders. She was then "put through the treatment" and also taken out of the main dormitory and given a separate room. AnneSabineP said:I only saw one poster with warnings and explanations about bedbugs on my Camino. This was in Albergue Gaucelmo in Rabanal. IMHO these posters should be in every albergue.
SabineP said:So my ethical question is : what would I do if someone would tell me they carried bedbugs or the likes? Try to convince them to tell to the hospitaleros or if they don't do this themselves " tell on " and report them?
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