Scabies : strategies for management and control Pennsylvania patient safety advisory Bradley, Sharon, author. Disease Outbreaks -- prevention & control Health Facilities Infection Control Scabies -- epidemiology Scabies -- prevention & control Scabies is a highly contagious parasitic infestation of the skin and a clinically significant cause of morbidity, especially among people who are debilitated, immunocompromised, institutionalized, or elderly. The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority identified hundreds of scabies reports in the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System database, including information gaps in scabies-control practices. Implementation of an outbreak control plan is necessary to accurately identify, treat, and isolate individual scabies cases and to prevent and control outbreaks and disruption of facility operations. The key element to avoiding scabies outbreaks and treatment failures is a working knowledge of current scabies clinical indicators, surveillance, transmission, diagnosis, treatment, and control measures. Successful control of a scabies outbreak requires a facility-specific outbreak control plan, including techniques for early case identification and treatment, robust infection and environmental controls, and protocols for communication and education. [Harrisburg, Pennsylvania] : Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, June 2016 Pennsylvania. Patient Safety Authority, issuing body. ECRI (Organization), issuing body. Institute for Safe Medication Practices, issuing body. Technical Report Text Illustrations 1 online resource (1 PDF file (pages 66-73)) nlm:nlmuid-101685506-pdf 101685506 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101685506 English Pennsylvania United States Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0