It is difficult to prevent scabies. If a person is known to have scabies, they should not have close skin-to-skin contact with others until they have been treated. If one member of a household has scabies, all other household members, sexual partners, and close contacts should be treated simultaneously.

In the hospital, staff should use gloves and gowns when treating patients who have a suspicious rash and itching.

Prevention is the key and killing the scabies mite cycle. Be careful not to pass it to family members so stay away for awhile.

Usually scabies is passed around primarily by the family, this is why it is suggested you treat the entire family at once even if you think they do not scabies. This is a safe way to prevent a cycle before it starts, alot of family pass it around like hopscotch because only one member treats.

If you treated scabies successfully and are worried about getting reinfected from family members or maybe items in your household, I would suggest whipping things down morning and night with some kind of bleach product and you can take baths with 8 drops of tea tree oil, the smell of this stuff on your skin keeps them away, it will not cure a full scabies infection but it will detract them from wanting to make you their host. Hope this helps!

Ken