| Abstract | This guidance deals with the management of scabies. It does not offer advice on the management of crusted scabies or outbreaks of scabies in residential or nursing homes. The local Consultant in Communicable Disease Control should be contacted for advice during outbreaks of scabies in residential or nursing homes. The guideline provides background information (how is it transmitted?, what can go wrong if untreated?) and management issues (who should be treated?, treatment application, choice of treatment, treatment of itch and treatment failure). |