Bedlam kills bed bugs and their eggs, providing up to 2 week residual on wood, ceramic surfaces and carpet. It reduces bed bug egg hatch in both susceptible and some resistant strains of bed bugs. Bedlam is effective as both a surface spray or as a crack and crevice treatment in the home and non-food areas of restaurants, schools, nursing homes, warehouses, offices, apartments, hotels, motels, kennels, and hospitals. It will not stain water-safe fabrics and surfaces.