Leadership: Lisa Hannah, 2022 McKnight Prize for Healthcare Outbreak Heroes Recipient
Posted: March 20, 2023 Lisa Hannah, RN, CIC, is the Infection Prevention Team Supervisor at the Washington State Department of Health. Her infection prevention and control work during the...… Read More »
SHEA/CDC ORTP Guidance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Outbreak Response Training Program (ORTP) “is designed to give US hospital epidemiologists who oversee infection...… Read More »
Scabies in Healthcare Settings
This resource is notable for its strong control measure and case/contact definition/management content. A subscription might be required to access this article. Note that the reference to shoe covers...… Read More »
A Novel Clinical Grading Scale for Scabies to Guide the Management of Crusted Scabies
This is a very useful crusted scabies resource. Note however that the standard of care for topical treatment in the U.S. is permethrin and not benzyl benzoate plus 5%...… Read More »
Infection Prevention in Long-Term Care – Scabies
This resource is targeted to long-term care facilities. It is brief and focused on scabies transmission, incubation period, diagnosis, treatment, environmental measures, and infection prevention and control strategies for...… Read More »
