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Wood Destroying Organism Information

Subterranean Termites - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ig097
Formosan Subterranean Termites - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MG064
Wood Destroying Insects - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN035
Powderpost Beetles and other WDOs - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IG119
Choosing a Liscensed WDO Inspector - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN629
Other household and structural pests - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/TOPIC_Household ...

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Baseline Practices for Performing 13645 WDO Inspections

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This document, “Baseline Practices for a WDO Inspection” represents the culmination of a
nearly two year effort by a committee comprised of 12 members of the pest control industry.
The WDO Inspection Practices committee was formed in August 2005 and met monthly with
the purpose of developing a set of minimum practices for the purposes of performing Wood-
Destroying Organisms Inspections (WDOI) for real estate transactions. The committee was
comprised of members representing FPMA, CPCO, COSWFL, FDACS, University of
Florida, and an attorney who represents the industry and numerous pest control
operators/companies. It is noteworthy to mention that this effort was initiated by the industry
and that DACS, while an integral part of the discussions, participated as a non-voting
member of the committee.

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Pest Survey
- Baldwin, R.W., P.G. Koehler, R. M. Pereira and F. M. OI. 2008.
Public Perceptions of Pest Problems. American Entomologist.

A survey was conducted 27 March to 4 May 2004 through the office of the Florida Survey Research Center (FSRC) at the University of Florida. The survey was delivered using a computer aided telephone interview (CATI) with a random-digit dialing (RDD) system. The telephone sample was obtained by generating random telephone numbers from existing area codes and prefixes from areas throughout the state of Florida. Interviews (n=600) were successfully completed from a total of 4501 calls to active phone numbers. There were 1394 refusals for a response rate of 44.9% and a completion rate of 13.3%. The remainder of calls resulted in no answer after 4 attempts. The survey instrument consisted of 54 base questions with 62 secondary and 16 demographic questions. The average interview time was 12 min 38 sec.

To access the survey instrument, please click here.