Todd, Administrators in museums and other institutions can try to outlaw or discourage food in the workplace, but this rarely results in getting close to the desired goal. Instead, it may make more sense to adopt a strategy that acknowledges the inevitable (food in the workplace) but, provides a means to try to separate food from pests.
The container might be a simple and inexpensive hard plastic bin with a tight-fitting lid, or it might be more costly and substantial. If it is too attractive, personnel might want to take it home rather than use it at work. Even if food-secure containers are distributed, it would be wise for the pest management personnel to be on the lookout for non-compliance. Such instances might be documented with date- and time-stamped digital images, and provided to the appropriate facility manager. Then, hopefully a little encouragement will convince the scofflaws to clean up their act. If not, then perhaps human resources might turn the screws a bit to help achieve the goal. -Rich Richard J. Pollack, PhD Senior Environmental Public Health Officer Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) | Harvard Campus Services 46 Blackstone Street., Cambridge, MA 02139 C: 617-447-0763 www.ehs.harvard.edu [A blue and black logo Description automatically generated]<https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-pollack-6818997/> From: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Todd Holmberg <tholmb...@artsmia.org> Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 3:32 PM To: pestlist@googlegroups.com <pestlist@googlegroups.com> Subject: [PestList] IPM Protocol Hello Pest list- I feel like I saw a webinar long ago where a person mentioned their museum gives out a "tightly sealed container" to all new staff as a welcome basket type thing. In this container was a bunch of "welcome to the museum type stuff", but the container itself was for the staff member to keep food in at their desk. I am wondering if anyone else remembers that webinar, and if any other institutions are doing some sort of program like this. If your institution does something like this, would you say overall it's a good or bad direction to head down? It seems like there can be different angles on it. Interested to hear people's thoughts. Thanks, Todd -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/CAMxAh%2BiO8DC4m6D7pqZ87Bq1op%2BK1O2LR3d69LbQ724Yeony%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_msgid_pestlist_CAMxAh-252BiO8DC4m6D7pqZ87Bq1op-252BK1O2LR3d69LbQ724Yeony-252Bg-2540mail.gmail.com-3Futm-5Fmedium-3Demail-26utm-5Fsource-3Dfooter&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=GO7C3XN3WgFy2IP-bFBbnUs_CYntqj57Dprtl40-_KE&m=JnRsb36JedwDx1mYvvfTEBlLKgCAW2vX9UFrGaVqBX1aVi6vJOJexfprX76ps-ng&s=jU6_4SXPDJUxcNBhQk2NzbmW-ltZxb7kEbFQ6hPaXZk&e=>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MuseumPests" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to pestlist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pestlist/BN8PR07MB78263841C44AB82EF9EE9003943E2%40BN8PR07MB7826.namprd07.prod.outlook.com.
