Scabies Awareness for Care Settings

Scabies spreads easily through skin-to-skin contact and can cause outbreaks in care homes and other residential settings. Learn the signs, including crusted scabies, how treatment works, why everyone must be treated at the same time, and the PPE, laundry and cleaning steps from UKHSA guidance that help bring an outbreak under control.

This course provides general infection prevention awareness only. It does not replace your organisation’s infection prevention and control policies, training from your IPC lead, or advice from your local health protection team, and it is not an accredited qualification.