Nosocomial scabies outbreak

A scabies outbreak is reported which appeared in the Inpatient Pneumology Department in a 500-bed hospital. The outbreak began after the admission of a 90-year old woman referred from a nursing home. A total of 27 secondary cases occurred among health care personnel (14) and patients (13); other 7 c...

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Published inRevista clínica espanõla Vol. 200; no. 10; p. 538
Main Authors Robles García, M, de la Lama López-Areal, J, Avellaneda Martínez, C, Giménez García, R, Cortejoso Gonzalo, B, Vaquero Puerta, J L
Format Journal Article
LanguageSpanish
Published Spain 01.10.2000
Subjects
Cross Infection - epidemiology
Cross Infection - transmission
Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data
Disease Transmission, Infectious
Female
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
Male
Scabies - epidemiology
Scabies - transmission
Sex Distribution
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Summary:A scabies outbreak is reported which appeared in the Inpatient Pneumology Department in a 500-bed hospital. The outbreak began after the admission of a 90-year old woman referred from a nursing home. A total of 27 secondary cases occurred among health care personnel (14) and patients (13); other 7 cases of likely scabies occurred among 198 contacts. Patients were treated with 5% permetrine cream, in three applications one week apart from each other. It was also applied as prophylaxis in non involved patients in a single application. A discussion follows on the medical and preventive recommendations to control the spreading of these outbreak.
ISSN:0014-2565