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County Sheriff's Office Pest Control - 1 Policy
805 Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office
Custody Manual
Pest Control
805.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
The purpose of this policy is to establish inspection, identification and eradication processes
designed to keep pests controlled in accordance with the requirements established by all
applicable laws, ordinances, and regulations of the local public health entity.
805.2 POLICY
It is the policy of the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office pests be controlled within the facility. The
Assistant Sheriff of Custody Operations or the authorized designee shall be responsible for
developing and implementing this policy, in cooperation with the Director of Custody Health
Services and the local public health entity, for the sanitation and control of pests, and to establish
medical protocols for treating incarcerated person's clothing, personal effects, and living areas,
with specific guidelines for treating an infested incarcerated person (15 CCR 1212; 15 CCR 1264).
805.3 PEST CONTROL SERVICES
The Division Commander or the authorized designee shall be responsible for procuring the
services of a licensed pest control professional to perform inspections of the facility at least monthly
and to treat areas as required to ensure that pests are controlled.
Staff will notify the Sheriff's Office Operations Unit or the County Facilities and Fleet Department if
pest control services are needed between regularly scheduled monthly services and inspections.
The facility's Operations Unit staff will act as a liaison between facility staff and FAF staff for the
purpose of obtaining pest control services.
805.4 PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Most infestations are spread by direct contact with an infected person or with infested clothing and
bedding. Incarcerated persons with lice or mites should be treated with approved pediculicides as
soon as the infestation is identified to avoid spreading it.
Clothing, bedding, and other property that is suspected of being infested shall either be removed
from the facility or cleaned and treated by the following methods, as appropriate or as directed by
the pest control provider or the Responsible Physician (15 CCR 1264):
• Washing in water at 140 degrees for 20 minutes
• Tumbling in a clothes dryer at 140 degrees for 20 minutes
• Dry cleaning
• Storing in sealed plastic bags for 30 days
• Treating with an insecticide specifically labeled for this purpose
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805.5 PEST CONTAMINATED CLOTHING AND LINENS
Clothing, blankets, and linens that are soiled with contaminants, such as blood and feces shall be
secured in plastic red contaminated laundry bags. Urine, vomit or infected with vermin, clothing
and linens, such as crabs, scabies or lice will be secured in plastic blue contaminated laundry
bags and transported to the designated storage bin for conta minated laundry.
The Sheriff's Office' contracted laundry service will pick -up the storage bins with contaminated
laundry once a week at a predetermined scheduled time at the jail facilities.
Staff will use standard precautions and available personal protective equipment when bagging
or transporting contaminated laundry items. In the event that Incarcerated Person Workers or
other incarcerated persons are bagging contaminated laundry items, staff will maintain continuous
supervision of this process and ensure that standard precautions and available personal protective
equipment are used by the incarcerated persons to promote their safety.
805.6 LABELING AND SECURE STORAGE OF COMPOUNDS
Containers of pest exterminating compounds shall be conspicuously labeled for identification of
contents. The containers shall be securely stored separately from food and kitchenware and shall
not be accessible by incarcerated persons.
805.7 POLICY REVIEW
This policy shall be rev iewed at least once every two yea rs.
805.8 POLICY TRACKING
Date of Origin 6/14/23
Review Date
Revision Date
Date Approved 9/26/2024
Effective Date 9/26/2024
Supersedes New Policy
References 15 CCR 1212, 15 CCR 1264, 15 CCR 1280,
California Penal Code, Section 6030.1, Health and
Safety Code, Section 101045,
Regulatory Authority 15 CCR 1212
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