Alcohol-Based Hand Rub and Nosocomial Scabies

摘要

In the December 2007 issue of the journal, Garcia et al. described a hospital outbreak of scabies and its control. We ask the authors whether they used alcohol-based hand rub for hand hygiene at the study facility during the outbreak.To our knowledge, no alcohol-based compound has been proven effective against Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis and its eggs. Therefore, the replacement of hand-washing with