Scabies: strategies for management and control
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Pennsylvania patient safety advisory
- Author(s):
- Bradley, Sharon, author
- Contributor(s):
- Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority, issuing body. ECRI (Organization), issuing body. Institute for Safe Medication Practices, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Harrisburg, Pennsylvania] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, June 2016
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control Health Facilities Infection control Scabies -- epidemiology Scabies -- prevention & control Acaricides -- therapeutic use Disinfection Nursing Homes Patient safety Scabies -- diagnosis Scabies -- transmission Humans Pennsylvania United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Scabies is a highly contagious parasitic infestation of the skin and a clinically significant cause of morbidity, especially among people who are debilitated, immunocompromised, institutionalized, or elderly. The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority identified hundreds of scabies reports in the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System database, including information gaps in scabies-control practices. Implementation of an outbreak control plan is necessary to accurately identify, treat, and isolate individual scabies cases and to prevent and control outbreaks and disruption of facility operations. The key element to avoiding scabies outbreaks and treatment failures is a working knowledge of current scabies clinical indicators, surveillance, transmission, diagnosis, treatment, and control measures. Successful control of a scabies outbreak requires a facility-specific outbreak control plan, including techniques for early case identification and treatment, robust infection and environmental controls, and protocols for communication and education.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (pages 66-73))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101685506 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101685506