Eight employees at Simi Valley Hospital contracted scabies from a 62-year-old patient treated at the hospital earlier this month, officials said Friday.
The male patient, whose identity was withheld, experienced kidney failure and was taken to the hospital's emergency room March 2. The patient had an intense form of scabies, known as Norwegian scabies, and subsequently spread a milder form to some hospital personnel.
Scabies is caused by mites, microscopic insects that tunnel or burrow under the skin. The mites, their droppings and the dead skin they leave behind can cause the skin to crust or cake in the form of a rash.
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