Document ID (ISN) | 68555 |
CIS number |
97-297 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0343-2432 - Dermatosen in Beruf und Umwelt |
Year |
1996 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Agathos M. |
Title |
Scabies as an occupational disease |
Original title |
Berufskrankheit Scabies [in German] |
Bibliographic information |
May-June 1996, Vol.44, No.3, p.126-128. Illus. 9 ref. |
Abstract |
This survey of epidemiologic and case studies on the infection risk caused by scabies in Germany comes to following conclusion: Nurses in hospitals and nursing homes who come in close contact with elderly scabies patients or with patients with deficient immune system infected with scabies norvegica run a high infection risk. In order to reduce the risk to nursing personnel, each patient with an itch and patients infected with the HIV virus with hyperkeratosis should be examined by a dermatologist for the presence of scabies. Although at present scabies is not compensated as an occupational disease in Germany it should be reported as an occupation-related disease. |
Descriptors (primary) |
scabies; nursing personnel; hospitals; infectious skin diseases |
Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; epidemiologic study; case study |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | Germany |
Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
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Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
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Browse category(ies) |
Skin diseases Health care services Bacterial and parasitic diseases
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