Mar 20, 2019
This sample patient notification letter provides sample language for healthcare facilities communicating with patients on epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) outbreaks. Resource Link: Sample EKC Outbreak Patient Letter (Word File) Source: Los Angeles County Department...
Oct 3, 2018
This poster of HAI/AR Outbreak Detection Data, Tools, and Barriers was presented at the 2018 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases. It highlights results from a CORHA-led assessment on the type of data tools and sources used by public health and...
Sep 21, 2018
This Federal Bureau of Prisons scabies protocol, developed in January 2017 as part of the Federal Bureau of Prisons Clinical Guidance, provides recommended procedures for detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of scabies and is specific to the prison...
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...
