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Covid warning from pandemic legend Jonathan Van Tam – ‘defence can’t go to sleep’

Pandemic legend Jonathan Van Tam has warned Britain’s “defence can’t go to sleep” against Covid. The former deputy…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #CareHomes #Flu #GB #Heatwave #immunesystem #NHS #Nursinghomes #Surveillance #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/768541/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1200603/ Covid warning from pandemic legend Jonathan Van Tam – ‘defence can’t go to sleep’ #CareHomes #Flu #Health #Heatwave #ImmuneSystem #NHS #NursingHomes #Surveillance #UK #UnitedKingdom

Bosnia Charges Seven Over Deadly Fire at Tuzla Elderly People’s Care Home https://www.byteseu.com/2357793/ #Bosnia #BosniaAndHerzegovina #BosniaHerzegovina #CareHomes #Herzegovina #PublicSafety #PublicServices

BBC TV licence fee update as MPs discuss advertising or subscription services

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/bbc-tv-licence-fee-update-36513040

Police Bust Bitcoin Mining Operation in Hong Kong Care Homes, HK$9K Power Theft - TLDR:

HK police say two men used care homes’ power and internet to run eight hidden Bitc... - https://blockonomi.com/police-bust-bitcoin-mining-operation-in-hong-kong-care-homes-hk9k-power-theft/ #electricitytheft #bitcoinmining #hongkongcrime #regulation #carehomes #mining #crypto #crime

📕 Chuffed to pick up hardcopy of new @springernature Scabies book. Includes my chapter on managing institutional #scabies outbreaks from care homes to refugee camps: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-26070-4_29. Abstract + more info➡️

Middleton et al. Scabies Management in Institutions

Abstract
Scabies is a particular problem in semi-closed institutions such as residential settings for elderly people, children and those with learning disabilities; refugee camps and other settings for displaced persons; prisons; schools; hospitals and hostels. What many of these diverse places have in common is a range of transmission drivers which enable scabies to reach very high prevalence including: high densities of potential hosts, social behaviours involving prolonged contact, bed and clothes sharing, manual handling, reduced access to laundry facilities and immunocompromise. We describe the epidemiology of institutional scabies outbreaks across settings, and based primarily on recent and longstanding evidence from adult health care, we draw out general strategic priorities for case management and outbreak control. The tools and information necessary to carry out an epidemiological assessment of an institutional scabies outbreak are provided, along with guidance on control measures. A summary checklist of the key steps to take in responding to an institutional outbreak concludes the chapter.

Thank you to @nihrresearch for funding support.

This is part of the first comprehensive book on scabies, written by experts from across the world. You can order the full 31 chapter ebook and hardback for your uni/clinical library here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-26070-4

#NTDs #Scabies #Refugeehealth #carehomes #outbreakcontrol #epidemiology #publichealth #medicalacarology #acarology #prisonhealth #parisitology #globalhealth #parasites