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How do hospitals get scabies?

Scabies mites spread through prolonged skin-to-skin contact, making hospitals and care homes vulnerable. Despite deep cleaning and treatment, outbreaks can recur if not all contacts are treated simultaneously. This Llanelli outbreak highlights the challenge of containing highly contagious conditions in busy healthcare environments, not a failure of cleanliness.

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