An outbreak of scabies among employees in a hospital-associated commercial laundry.

摘要: The acquisition of scabies in either the community or health care setting is not uncommon, although it infrequently documented. In Missouri, individual cases infestation are reportable, but outbreak notification required. Outside nursing home environment, where three to six outbreaks per year require assistance from nosocomial disease subprogram Kansas City Health Department, only two other have been recorded since August 1977. One involved a school with 93 and commercial laundry, which reported here. latter illustrates difficulty encountered when attempting classify an as nosocomially acquired community-acquired.