title: Dealing with Scabies in a Hospital Ward.
abstract: A case of scabies has been diagnosed in the Medical Ward where Sophie works, and the hospital is having to take appropriate measures. Scabies mites can spread quickly, and staff who are in contact with the infected patient risk catching the parasites and contaminating their own family in turn. One of the night nurses is probably infected.
authors.affiliation: Lycée des métiers de la santé et du social François Rabelais, Ifsi, 9, rue Francis-de-Croisset, 75018 Paris, France. Electronic address: isabelle.clavagnier@laposte.net.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Clavagnier
mesh_terms: D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D010356:Patient Isolation; D011481:Protective Clothing; D012532:Scabies / Q000175:diagnosis*