title: Management of nosocomial scabies, an outbreak of occupational disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The optimal approach to managing institutional scabies outbreaks has yet to be defined. We report on outbreak managements are needed.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report on a large outbreak of scabies in three acute care wards in a tertiary university teaching hospital in the Netherlands.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The outbreak potentially effected 460 patients and 185 health care workers who had been exposed to the index patient.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Containment of an outbreak relies on a quick and strict implementation of appropriate infection control measures and should include simultaneous treatment of all infested persons and exposed contacts to prevent secondary spread and prolonged post-intervention surveillance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational Health, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Frank H W
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Jungbauer
authors.forename: Yanka K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Veenstra-Kyuchukova
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koeze
authors.forename: Martijn R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: KruijtSpanjer
authors.forename: Sylvia H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kardaun
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D009426:Netherlands; D012532:Scabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*
keywords: Norwegian scabies; crusted scabies; healthcare; institutional scabies; nosocomial scabies; occupational disease; outbreak management