Sep 21, 2018
This acute communicable disease control scabies toolkit was initially developed in 2009 by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and contains resources for managing scabies outbreaks in health care facilities as well as materials for educating health care...
Sep 21, 2018
This resource is targeted to long-term care facilities. It is brief and focused on scabies transmission, incubation period, diagnosis, treatment, environmental measures, and infection prevention and control strategies for scabies. Resource Link: Infection Prevention...
Sep 21, 2018
This is a very useful crusted scabies resource. Note however that the standard of care for topical treatment in the U.S. is permethrin and not benzyl benzoate plus 5% tea tree oil as described in this reference. Reference Link: A novel clinical grading scale to guide...
Sep 21, 2018
This resource is notable for its strong control measure and case/contact definition/management content. A subscription might be required to access this article. Note that the reference to shoe covers (in step 4) as part of personal protective equipment is not...
