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Following CDC Protocols Cuts Dialysis Bloodstream Infections in Half

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released results of its Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention Collaborative showing a 32 percent decrease in overall bloodstream infections and a 54 percent decrease in vascular access-related bloodstream ...More

2 weeks ago

Posted in News

Nearly One-Third of Antibiotic Prescriptions for Dialysis Patients are Inappropriate

Patients who receive hemodialysis are at a significant risk of developing infections, a leading cause of hospitalization and death in this patient population. A new study highlights the need to improve antibiotic use in outpatient dialysis facilities as data shows nearly a ...More

March 12, 2013

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Catheters Linked with High Risk of Infections, Heart Problems and Death in Dialysis Patients

Dialysis patients using catheters to access the blood have the highest risks for death, infections and cardiovascular events compared with patients using other types of vascular access, according to an analysis appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American ...More

February 22, 2013

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Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis are Susceptible to ESBL-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

Hemodialysis (HD) patients are susceptible to extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacterial infections. Because the optimal treatment and clinical significance of ESBL-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL-Kp) HD access-related bacteremia remain unclear, Yang, ...More

September 5, 2012

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Expert Blogs About CDC Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention Collaborative

Today on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Safe Healthcare Blog, Dr. Priti Patel, the medical officer who runs CDC’s dialysis prevention initiatives, discusses how the CDC Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention Collaborative participants have ...More

August 21, 2012

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Expert Blogs About Scrub-the-Hub Protocol to Protect Dialysis Patients

Today, on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s Safe Healthcare Blog, Gemma Downham, an infection prevention specialist and epidemiologist at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, discusses how her team uses CDC’s scrub-the-hub protocol every day to protect ...More

August 16, 2012

Posted in News, Policies and Practice

CDC Launches Free Continuing Education Course for Nurses and Dialysis Technicians

Infections are one of the leading causes of hospitalization and death for patients on hemodialysis. In an effort to ensure that CDC infection prevention recommendations are implemented in hemodialysis facilities, CDC has created a new continuing education training course ...More

June 13, 2012

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Sepsis Outbreak at LA County Dialysis Center Prompts Public Health Investigation

Three patients with chronic kidney failure treated at a dialysis center in Los Angeles County, California contracted sepsis caused by improper cleaning and disinfection of a dialyzer. Described in a poster presented at the 39th Annual Educational Conference and ...More

June 5, 2012

Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization

Infections May be Deadly for Many Dialysis Patients

An infection called peritonitis commonly arises in the weeks before many dialysis patients die, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The findings suggest that peritonitis may be a deadly condition ...More

May 24, 2012

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Reduction of Bloodstream Infections in an Outpatient Dialysis Center

This week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) highlights the reduction of bloodstream infections in an outpatient hemodialysis center participating in CDC's Dialysis Bloodstream Infection Prevention ...More

March 19, 2012

Posted in News

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