Healthy Skin Program: guidelines for community control of scabies, skin sores and crusted scabies in the Northern Territory (2010)

Description

These guidelines provide information and advice on the diagnosis, treatment and control of scabies, skin sores and crusted scabies. They allow for a community based approach to reduce the incidence of these skin infections. The guidelines were produced by the Northern Territory Centre for Disease Control.

Included in the appendices to the guidelines are:

• details of education resources
• fact sheets
• medical equipment required for treatment
• spreadsheets for record keeping
• flowcharts to assist treatment and maintenance programs
• guidelines for treating houses affected by scabies.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Links

• View report: Healthy Skin Program: guidelines for community control of scabies, skin sores and crusted scabies in the Northern Territory (PDF - 667.4 KB)
• View information: Healthy Skin Program: guidelines for community control of scabies, skin sores and crusted scabies in the Northern Territory
• View website: Northern Territory Department of Health and Families, Centre for Disease Control

Related program(s)

• Healthy skin

  The Healthy skin program was an initiative of the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health (CRCAH).

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