Scabies treatments scarce as outbreak spreads to four hospitals
Almost 40 cases have been detected including in healthcare staff, NSW authorities say.
A scabies outbreak has spread to four NSW hospitals, with dozens of health staff infected amid a national shortage of treatments for the infection.
The first case was confirmed in a patient at Wollongong Hospital on 22 July and by 7 August almost 40 people were affected, according to the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD).
