Scabies
Scabies is an infection of the skin caused by the human itch mite, Sarcoptes scabiei. Scabies spreads readily in crowded settings, and can cause outbreaks in healthcare settings, especially in long term care facilities. This program discussses facts about the scabies mite, signs and symptoms of infestation, treatment, prevention, and management of outbreaks in healthcare settings.
The program comes on a CD-Rom in Microsoft PowerPoint, and is accompanied by a packet of supplemental materials that include:
- An introduction that states the program’s goals and objectives, and gives the presenter a few guidelines for presenting the program.
- Hard copies of all handouts
- A written competency assessment
- An answer key for the competency assessment
- A presenter’s program evaluation that you may fill out to let us know your thoughts and ideas on the program
- A certificate of completion that you may hand to each of your participants upon completion of the program
- Includes speaker notes and extra supplementary material.
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