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The Importance of Patient Notification and CORHA’s HAI Outbreak Notification Framework (Part 2)

Jun 16, 2022

Part Two: CORHA’s New HAI Outbreak Notification Framework Posted: June 16, 2022 Authors: Maureen Tierney, MD, MSc., FIDSA, Moon Kim, MD, MPH, & Dawn Terashita, MD, MPH In part one of this blog, we discussed the case for making outbreak notifications. Now we...

CORHA General Guidance for the Outbreak Detection and Reporting of Scabies

Mar 16, 2018

Background The scabies mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, is an ectoparasite that burrows into the upper layer of the skin and deposits eggs which form adults in 10-17 days. On a person, scabies mites can live for as long as 1-2 months. Off a person, scabies mites usually do...