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Triage and Infection Control
Immediate safety priorities
Airway compromise signs
Stridor
Facial or oropharyngeal swelling
Severe systemic illness concern
Fever with hypotension
Altered mental status
High transmissibility setting
Shelter
Long term care
Contact precautions triggers
Suspected scabies with diffuse pruritus and close contact spread
Gown and gloves for direct contact
Dedicated equipment when feasible
Crusted scabies concern
Gown and gloves for all room entry
Consider hair cover and shoe covers for heavy scale
Outbreak signals
Multiple linked cases within household or facility
Public health notification per local protocol
Unit wide contact tracing
Red Flags and Escalation
High risk presentations
Crusted scabies phenotype
Hyperkeratotic crusting
Minimal pruritus despite heavy burden
Secondary bacterial infection
Spreading erythema
Purulence
Immunocompromised host
Hematologic malignancy
Chronic systemic corticosteroids
If sepsis physiology, then ED resuscitation pathway
Lactate and blood cultures before antibiotics when feasible
Broad spectrum antibiotics per local skin and soft tissue protocol
Source control planning for abscess
Key Concepts
Scabies working model
Ectoparasitic infestation by Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis
Hypersensitivity mediated pruritus
Burrows and papules from mite activity
Transmission
Prolonged skin to skin contact
Fomite risk higher with crusted scabies
Coding alignment
ICD-10 B86 scabies
SNOMED CT scabies disorder concept
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