As Kettering (Ohio) Medical Center deals with a growing scabies outbreak, at least 10 cases of scabies were confirmed at Sycamore Medical Center in Miamisburg, Ohio, which is also part of Dayton, Ohio-based Kettering Health Network, according to local news reports.
A spokesman for Public Health Dayton Montgomery County confirmed the Sycamore Medical Center cases. "Right now, the hospitals are taking the appropriate steps to treat those who are infected and contain the scabies," Dan Suffoletto told Dayton Daily News.
A Kettering Health spokeswoman tells Becker's a patient at Sycamore Medical Center has a crusted scabies infection, and now 10 employees are being treated for signs and symptoms of scabies.
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The outbreak at Kettering Medical Center also started after a patient with a crusted scabies infection was treated there. Scabies is caused by the human itch mite, which spread easily in crowded conditions.
As of Wednesday, the number of scabies infections at Kettering Medical Center grew from 86 to at least 106 employees, according to Dayton Daily News.
Someone can get scabies and have no symptoms for the first two to six weeks they are infested, but they can still spread scabies during that time, according to the CDC, so the case counts at these two hospitals are likely to grow.
According to a local ABC affiliate, people who may have been exposed to scabies at Sycamore Medical Center are being offered preventative treatment, and affected Kettering Medical Center employees cannot return to work until they are medically cleared.
Additionally, Kettering Medical Center is undergoing a deep clean.
Note: This article was updated after Kettering Health returned Becker's comment request.