Scabies Outbreak At Maine Nursing Home
Staff at Brewer Rehab and Living Center, a Maine nursing home, have been afflicted with an outbreak of scabies. The outbreak was reported to the Maine Center for Disease Prevention where officials rendered advice on treat patients and staff with the mite. Scabies is a very small mite that causes allergic reaction-type problems when it burrows beneath the skin. Common reactions to the scabies mite include: severe scratching, rashes, skin discoloration, and other skin irritations. Scabies is spread through person-to-person contact as well as through contact with clothing and linens that were not sanitized. In order to prevent the spread...
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Scabies Outbreak In Pennsylvania Nursing Home
Fifteen residents of the Gallagher Center of Saint Mary's Home in Erie, PA have developed what physicians believe was scabies, a contagious skin infection caused by skin mites. An unknown number of staff and patients' family members also developed the condition. The first case was reported in the spring, though most cases were reported in June and July according to the facility. The original patient was treated by a dermatologist, but other cases followed. Once the the nursing home realized that it was dealing with a scabies outbreak, every patient in the 39-bed Alzheimer's unit examined. The nursing home also...
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