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An Outbreak of Scabies in Multiple Linked Healthcare Settings in the Netherlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Georgia Ladbury ,
Gabriella Morroy ,
Sandra van Hoeven-Dekkers ,
Corine Botermans ,
Cees Veelenturf ,
Maarten Bastiaens ,
Cees van Abeelen  and
Clementine Wijkmans
Georgia Ladbury*
Affiliation:
Centre for Infectious Disease Control, Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training (EPIET), European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), Stockholm, Sweden
Gabriella Morroy
Affiliation:
Hart voor Brabant Municipal Health Service, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
Sandra van Hoeven-Dekkers
Affiliation:
Hart voor Brabant Municipal Health Service, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
Corine Botermans
Affiliation:
Twee Steden Hospital (TSH), Tilburg, The Netherlands
Cees Veelenturf
Affiliation:
De Wever Stichting, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Maarten Bastiaens
Affiliation:
Twee Steden Hospital (TSH), Tilburg, The Netherlands
Cees van Abeelen
Affiliation:
Twee Steden Hospital (TSH), Tilburg, The Netherlands
Clementine Wijkmans
Affiliation:
Hart voor Brabant Municipal Health Service, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
*
European Programme for Intervention Epidemiology Training, Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, Centre for Infectious Disease Control, RIVM/Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, Netherlands ([email protected])
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Abstract

We report a large scabies outbreak occurring in Tilburg, Netherlands, which affected several different healthcare settings that provide care to the elderly and the mentally disabled. The outbreak demonstrated how the complex system of care provision to vulnerable groups facilitated extensive scabies transmission among multiple linked healthcare settings and the community.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2012;33(10): 1047-1050

Type
Concise Communication
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 33 , Issue 10 , October 2012 , pp. 1047 - 1050
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2012

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