 [ Symptoms ] it is impossible to avoid bedbugs when traveling or when visiting a hospitalized patient how can i protect myself [ Disease ] be vigilant if you are in a hotel check the bed before you go to sleep and when you return home wash everything in hot water bedbugs can not survive temperatures above 113 degrees fahrenheit as for hospitals you are right they are not necessarily bedbug free zones the national pest management association says 12 of its pros treated hospitals for bedbugs last year