Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Methods in Malaysia

What is Integrated Pest Management?

Integrated Pest Management in Malaysia or IPM is a natural approach to prevent pests.

It includes many techniques such as biological control, habitat manipulation, and the use of resistant modifications.

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Why is pest control important?

Generally, pest infestation has the power to put the reputation of your products, services, and business at risk.

For example, in a popular Japanese restaurant in KL, 2 rats were seen running around the kitchen freely by a customer. The news quickly went viral, and people have shared their disappointment about the lack of hygiene.

Full news article: 2 Rats Seen In KL Restaurant Kitchen, Workers Laugh Off Customer’s Concern

Hence, every organization should be responsible for creating a clean and pest-free environment.

Hence, pest control is designed to help decrease and suppress pest infestation levels for both household and structural pests.

So, it is important to have professional exterminators or pest control experts to exercise effective pest management.

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What are the methods of IPM?

With that in mind, here are the 7 methods of Integrated Pest Management in Malaysia.

• 1: Pest Inspection
• 2: Pest Prevention Action
• 3: Identification of Pests
• 4: Analysis of Pest Infestation Factors
• 5: Pest Control Treatment Selection
• 6: Monitoring Pests
• 7: Pest Documentation

1. Pest Management Inspection

Firstly, you should expect regular inspections scheduled to achieve the full effectiveness of IPM.

Therefore, experts typically focus on the critical areas of your working space where pests are highly potential to appear.

List of areas for IPM inspection:

Place	Area
Office	Kitchen and dining area, meeting rooms, car park
Food processing	Incoming and outgoing goods, warehouse, waste storage
Hotel	Food stores, restaurants, kitchens, guest rooms
Food retail	Stockroom, delivery areas, waste storage area
Pharmaceutical plant	Incoming and outgoing goods, warehouse, laboratory
Restaurants	Kitchen, washrooms, food stores
Institution	Classrooms, activity area, kitchen, dining area

Hence, you must keep these areas clean at all times.

Then, arrange regular inspections to identify potential entry points that encourage pest infestations.

2. Pest Prevention Action

If you happen to see even the tiniest sign of pests, take immediate steps to address it.

Hence, one of the best things you could do is structural maintenance. Then, close all the discovered potential entry points during pest inspection and keep them clean and hygienic.

By doing so, you can easily reduce the usage of chemical contact. Also, the constant practice of sanitation by pest control providers will reduce pest pressure at your workplace in the long run.

3. Identification of Pests

Basically, you can identify the pests and their behavior from the tracks left. By doing so, you will discover the factors that led to their infestation.

However, a professional service provider will first conduct a thorough analysis to identify pest behavior to confirm pest identification.

So, make sure to get well-trained experts to get the job done for you. Certainly, you don’t want to risk your business.

4. Analysis of Pest Infestation Factors

Now that you have identified the pests, sort out the factors triggering their presence.

Also, take note that they will only appear with the existence of a food source, water, and shelter to survive.

Therefore, you must execute a profound analysis of the physical attractions including odor, food debris, and moisture accumulation.

Moreover, make sure to analyze every aspect that could potentially contribute to this incident.

5. Pest Control Treatment Selection

Just so you know, IPM Malaysia stresses the non-chemical formulation as pest control methods before turning to chemical options.

So, you can choose your preferred pest control program to eliminate pests causing the least risk to your products, services, and the environment.

Hence, only when non-chemical control methods fail will they use the chemical ones.

6. Monitoring Pest Management

Accordingly, it is your responsibility to constantly monitor your facility for pest activities.

Undoubtedly, the experts will do their part to visit your working space weekly or every fortnight, per schedule.

Nonetheless, you need to be cautious especially at times when you have auditors visiting your facility.

7. Pest Management Documentation

Let’s be honest! Auditors have the power to break your business.

Regardless of the nature of your business, a pest-free environment is vital for a healthy and happy working experience.

Hence, this brings to prioritizing the pest documentation. Of course, IPM Malaysia does not fail to provide you with up-to-date documents.

Also, these important documents comprise the scope of service, reports of pest activity, service reports, corrective action reports, trap layout maps, lists of approved pesticides, pesticide usage reports, and applicator licenses.

So, make sure to look out for this section of service before partnering with a pest control provider.

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Suggest read: How to choose the right pest control service in Malaysia.

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