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Scabies Epidemic: Price and Prejudice

1994; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 15; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/646974

1559-6834

Jacyr Pastenak, Rosana Richtmann, Antonio P. P. Ganme, E Rodrigues, Fermina B. M. Silva, Maria de Lurdes Hirata, Suely Itsuko Ciosak,

Dermatological diseases and infestations

Scabies epidemics are not unusual, and the recommended way of stopping them is by simultaneous treatment of everybody in the facility; this has been known since the last century, when Norwegian scabies was a problem in Norway. When this is not done, scabies epidemics can smolder for months. Scabies should not spread with good infection control measures, but we learned that a good infection control service is not enough. Efforts have to be done to educate everybody in the hospital, including laundry workers, and to improve work conditions.