Taking Pest Management to the Next Level

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Integrated Pest Prevention

The most important benefit of using the U-Trap-It* Pest Management System is that the System takes Integrated Pest Management to the next level. That level is Integrated Pest Prevention (IPP) which is stopping pest invasions before they occur. This is a proactive approach to pest management and requires more information than is available from traditional pest management tracking methods. The benefits of IPP are overwhelmingly attractive to everyone. Not implementing IPP strategies are clearly demonstrated in recent events such as the one which caused over 900 people to be sickened and nine deaths from the largest food contamination and product recall in US history. This recall involved more than 3,900 peanut-containing products from more than 200 companies. How one company can impact so many others underscores why pest management should always be a key focal point. It also points out why it is no longer an acceptable management practice to wait and see if pests gain access and then to react to the problem. Integrated Pest Prevention is now the required operating standard. The U-Trap-It System analyzes the Pest Environmental Data (PED) that the System collects to provide Strategic Intelligence to manage pests with the greenest of Green Pest Management approaches while providing the ultimate level of Pest Management.

U-Trap-It System Use Benefits -

The primary core benefit is the Pest Environmental Data (PED) that the U-Trap-It System gathers and analyzes during normal servicing helps the user proactively approach pest management. This benefit gives the user the advantage in providing the utmost protection for food processing, pharmaceutical, health care, distribution, lodging facilities, and any other pest-sensitive environment. Without PED information the user would be left to react to issues after they had already become a problem. Reactionary pest management greatly increases the risk of harm, damage, contamination, disease and even deaths. Reacting to pests also requires an increased use of pesticides and causes an increase in overall costs and man-hours to correct.

The secondary core benefit of using the Pest Environmental Data is that facilities find that they can drastically reduce the number of devices they deploy and actually get better pest management results. Intelligence usually triumphs over brute force. Brute force in this case means preventative and indiscriminate use of pesticides by deploying devices which never show any activity. The trending and other types of feedback that the U-Trap-It System generates allows for the Strategic Placement of pest devices. The use of pest environmental intelligence has been shown to allow the removal of nearly 60% of the devices at facilities where the devices had been placed by traditional protocols. And, using Strategic Placement results in better pest management for the facility. Without PED technicians waste most of their time inspecting devices which never have any type of activity. With PED the techs strategically target their effort more effectively because they have a better understanding of the facility's pest environment. This gives them the time to manage a more efficient and effective pest management plan while using radically less pesticides. Ultimately this means we have a cleaner and safer environment for pest-sensitive facilities where patients are being treated, people are residing, and our food and other products are being produced. It is coming to the point where not using PED will be deemed irresponsible pest control. Progressive companies such as Wal-Mart are already mandating that they and their suppliers use a Go Green approach by utilizing Strategic Intelligence.

There are numerous other benefits in using the U-Trap-It System such as streamlining the audit process, verification of pest services, centralized oversight of global facilities, and many more.  

For further information on Integrated Pest Prevention click AIB Article :: PDF File for an article by Al St. Cyr of AIB on IPP versus IPM

 

Tracks Factors Affecting Pest Efforts

No other system can compare to what the U-Trap-It System accomplishes. The U-Trap-It System is far more capable than a mere monitoring system used to record the date of pest control device inspections. To start, it gives the user the ability to easily and quickly capture far greater detail than would be possible by any other means.  An important example of this is that the System also captures sanitation and maintenance issues while the technician is inspecting service locations. These are issues that could be jeopardizing pest management efforts and many times need to be resolved to successfully manage pests.  The System tracks the status of these issues to assure that corrective actions are taken and documents their resolution.

Worldwide Use in All Settings

smallglobeThe U-Trap-It System is in use around the World. It is currently available in several languages with more being added. One of the reasons U-Trap-It* has such wide usage is that it is easy to use but feature rich. Users can use the System to simply monitor pest control devices or they can use the U-Trap-It System's advanced features to manage a ProActive Integrated Pest Prevention Program. And, it fits all size programs. The System can easily handle tens of thousands of devices deployed in a city for a rodent program or in a plant facility to protect products. The System can also track the services and inspections of thousands of rooms in a hotel or dormitory. It can just as easily manage pest management at your local fast food restaurant. It is in use at companies large and small, from Food Processing's Top 100 food production facilities to local restaurants. It does what you expect, and more, and has been doing it for over fifteen years.

Alerts and User Defined Thresholds

New in  U-Trap-It* System version 5.0 is the capability to automatically analyze collected information to determine if conditions exist which exceed thresholds set by the user.  The System will create an Alert if a threshold is exceeded. This Alert will be displayed on both the desktop computer and the handheld. On the handheld the tech will be presented with any Alerts which have been generated when they service the Service Area where the conditions exceeded the threshold. The technician can then record what corrective action(s) was taken to remedy the condition. If none is taken then the Alert will stay active. If the technician takes corrective actions, they can easily record them on the handheld which will then update the System Alert. 

Eases Compliance

Not only does the U-Trap-It System help the user achieve a higher level of service but by using the U-Trap-It System it also greatly simplifies record keeping and eases compliance with regulations and audits. What would take hours to accomplish if attempted with antiquated punch card records, is done in seconds with the U-Trap-It System, and far more accurately. The System helps the user simplify compliance with GFSI, BRC, FDA, AIB, SQF, ISO 22000 and other regulatory or QA requirements.

Facility Assessments

The first step in achieving a Proactive Pest Management approach is to conduct periodic Facility Assessments to proactively evaluate the entire facility for issues that could affect pest management.  A thorough and easy-to-use method of conducting Facility Assessments is incorporated into version 5.0 of the U-Trap-It* System.  This U-Trap-It System feature does not require the use of bar codes to record the observations of an inspection. It uses the defined service areas and U-Trap-It System Inspection Builder to record the observations. This is a unique method of recording observations on the handheld which create an inspection with complete sentences which a layman can understand. It's a fast and very accurate method to record observations. Only the U-Trap-It System has this technology. If any issues are found the System then goes further to track the resolution of any issues to ensure they are corrected.

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Communication - A Key to Pest Management Plan Success

In industrial pest management there are a multitude of complex issues which can contribute to pest problems. Many are beyond the control of the service provider such as sanitation and maintenance issues which require corrective actions to be taken by the facility's personnel. U-Trap-It builds a team approach between the service provider and facility personnel to conquer tough industrial pest management issues by providing a communication channel. Communication is the key ingredient in creating synergy to successfully establish a pest free environment.

U-Trap-It Report Generator

To easily fulfill the user's need for information the U-Trap-It System incorporates a unique automated report generator. This feature, which is only available in the web-based versions of the U-Trap-It System, enables the user to schedule the automated delivery of reports and graphs to fulfill informational needs. The user can use the U-Trap-It Report Generator to customize a schedule to auto-generate one or more reports and/or graphs to be sent to one email address or multiple addresses. Scheduling the auto-generation is easily controlled by the user. Once a report or graph has been scheduled it will auto-generate based on the reporting frequency chosen. The user can generate the same reports for all their clients and also generate specific reports to fit the needs of other clients. The reports are created and sent via email in PDF format. This feature eliminates the need for the client to directly access the U-Trap-It System to obtain their report information. It makes the reporting and graphing features of U-Trap-It easily accessible to all clients. If the client wishes to see more detail or additional information related to their account they still have the ability to log in to the U-Trap-It System.

For more information on this new feature please contact In-Quiz-It Software at 972-938-7280 or click below to view a presentation on the “U-Trap-It Report Generator”.

U-Trap-It Report Generator::PDF File

The U-Trap-It* System provides these capabilities:

Inspect All types of pest management devices, areas, and buildings.
Verify The System verifies that all pest management devices, areas, and buildings are inspected before leaving the serviced area.  Inoperable or missing devices can easily be replaced.
Record The System records the Pest Environmental Data from the inspection of each pest management device, area, or building in greater detail than by other means and stores the information in a useable form for later use.
Track U-Trap-It tracks the Pest Environmental Data from the inspection of each pest management device, area, and building including the status of sanitation and maintenance issues along with the status of any corrective actions. It also tracks the use and change over of non-toxic bait usage.
Analyze The System can analyze the collected information for any time period. Incoming data is automatically analyzed for items that exceed thresholds and the user is notified of these issues.
Report The System generates feedback in the form of an extensive variety of reports, graphs, floor plans, and site plans(industrial version)/street mapping(municipal version) to fit the user's needs.