(CHARLOTTE, NC) Companies in search of environmentally sensitive pest prevention need look no further. The Steritech Group Inc., one of North America's premier providers of pest management services, is employing a high-tech bar code monitoring program that—among many other benefits—helps eliminate the excessive or unnecessary application of pesticides.

Bar coding technology, similar to what has been hailed as a way for the healthcare industry to reduce medical errors, is being used by Steritech to track pesticide placement and usage. A key advantage to this technology is that bar codes are read accurately or not all. That means the nature of a pest problem is properly pinpointed for corrective action. The technology also allows Steritech pest management professionals to track recommendations and degree of compliance, analyze pest activity, including seasonal trends, and make any necessary program adjustments.

Each Steritech monitoring device or bait station installed at a job site is outfitted with a "zebra stripe" bar code symbol. Using a hand held device, a Steritech pest management professional keys important information about the stations into a central database such as structural, storage and sanitation issues; service times and dates; pest activity; and pesticide usage.

"Our Bar Code Monitoring Program allows us to focus attention on the right places—saving time and eliminating the use of unnecessary pesticides," says Eric Eicher, president of Steritech's Pest Prevention Division. "It provides a fast, reliable means of collecting data, which can then be easily compiled into reports that are suitable for all third-party inspectors."

Customers can access information about each pest monitoring station for online tracking of their accounts via a secure website. Pest management professionals can also access the information online or update it by scanning the bar code.

For more information about Steritech's Bar Code Monitoring Program, write to The Steritech Group Inc., 7600 Little Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28226, call (704)544-1900 or email contact@steritech.com.

The Steritech Group Inc. operates throughout the United States and Canada. Since 1986, the privately held company has specialized in providing food safety and pest prevention services to the food service, retail, food processing, hospitality and health care industries. For more information on Steritech or the services it offers, visit www.steritech.com.