Infected with Scabies Again? Focus in Management in Long-Term Care Facilities

Scabies is a significant public health condition in long-term care facilities, plaguing even developed countries. Although treatments are available, eradication and control of scabies cases still remain a challenge due to delays in diagnosis and difficulties in maintaining preventive and surveillanc...

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Autores principales: Ong, Chong Yau, Vasanwala, Farhad Fakhrudin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6473425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30597979
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diseases7010003
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description Scabies is a significant public health condition in long-term care facilities, plaguing even developed countries. Although treatments are available, eradication and control of scabies cases still remain a challenge due to delays in diagnosis and difficulties in maintaining preventive and surveillance measures. Prompt treatment of patients and their contacts that are affected, along with concomitant education of health staff and family members, are paramount. Environmental disinfestation is also a concern.
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spelling pubmed-64734252019-04-29 Infected with Scabies Again? Focus in Management in Long-Term Care Facilities Ong, Chong Yau Vasanwala, Farhad Fakhrudin Diseases Review Scabies is a significant public health condition in long-term care facilities, plaguing even developed countries. Although treatments are available, eradication and control of scabies cases still remain a challenge due to delays in diagnosis and difficulties in maintaining preventive and surveillance measures. Prompt treatment of patients and their contacts that are affected, along with concomitant education of health staff and family members, are paramount. Environmental disinfestation is also a concern. MDPI 2018-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6473425/ /pubmed/30597979 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diseases7010003 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6473425/
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