Abstract
A little skin mite—Sarcoptes scabiei—runs on humans and animals and can cause irritable itching, dermatitis and eczema, especially on the hands. Scabies mite is invisible to the eye, cannot fly but has a high speed on warm skin (2.5 cm in 1 min) and may come over from one hand to the next within a few minutes. Outbreaks of scabies may often be large and persisting in institutions, day-care centres, schools, families and long-term institutions as nursing homes. Hospitals are occasionally exposed to infection, and both patients and personnel are infected. The following chapter is focused on practical measures to detect and prevent transmission of scabies in healthcare institutions.
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Andersen, B.M. (2019). Scabies: Control in Hospitals. In: Prevention and Control of Infections in Hospitals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99921-0_57
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