Scabies outbreak in nursing home!!!

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The unit I work on is on isolation due to scabies. I've come in contact with patients whom have scabies. I unknowingly shook hands with an infected patient only to find out the next day he has scabies on his hands. It gets worse, a resident i've taken care of for a month has had rashes and CRUSTED rashes which means its severe crusted scabies! The nurses knew about this for a month, didnt do anything. I was still careful but did not dress up for PPE because I didnt know it was scabies. I thought it was a normal condition he had. I feel like us CNA's are never updated right away about if our resident has a contagious condition or not. The resident was just recently put on PPE after having severe scabies for God knows how long. How do I not have scabies yet? Im on a skin antibiotic called minocycline, does this protect me from scabies? Im not a nurse yet, wouldnt know. I feel so itchy. Ugh.

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did is you end up contracting scabies? I'm in a similar position...had a patient then next shift came in to find or she has scabies! And I think it's the crusted kind. Panicking over here that I'll infect my husband and kids...

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We had a scabies scare at my job several years ago. We all got treated but, none of the staff ended up getting it.

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Right.. blame it on the nurses.

For future reference, any rash/crusted rash is NOT a normal condition. Review your facility's policy on PPE and make YOURSELF accountable.

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Right.. blame it on the nurses.

For future reference, any rash/crusted rash is NOT a normal condition. Review your facility's policy on PPE and make YOURSELF accountable.

The nurses didnt tell CNA's about anything. There was no precautions whatsoever. The policy on PPE is to have the equipment by the door and a sign by the door. There was nothing for months. The nurses were clearly negligent. And dont even get me started on the infection control manager. The place I work at is so corrupt, a lot of people are calling state. No my fault whatsoever. I had no idea what scabies looked like, the CNA's don't get good report either like "be careful of his rash it might be contagious" they let this resident touch other residents and wheel around the facility having full blown untreated crusted scabies.

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Did you end up getting the scabies ?

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