CET Resources
Bloodstream Infections
Vascular Access Infections
6 links
- Prevention of Bloodstream Infections in Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis
- CDC Approach to BSI Prevention in Dialysis Facilities (i.e., the Core Interventions)
- Catheter-related blood stream infections in hemodialysis patients: a prospective cohort study
- Dialysis BSI Prevention Collaborative
- NHSN Tracking Infections in Outpatient Dialysis Facilities
- CDC Dialysis Safety: Core Interventions
Blood Culture Collection
1 link
General Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Guidance
CDC
8 links
- Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Safe Healthcare Delivery in All Settings
- Dialysis Safety: Core Interventions
- Dialysis Safety Index
- Dialysis: Reducing Infections and Changing Culture (podcast)
- Discussion of Respiratory Protection Recommendations for Measles, Varicella, and Disseminated Zoster
- Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel
- Making Dialysis Safer for Patients: Tools to Prevent Infections in Hemodialysis (video)
- Transmission-Based Precautions
CMS
2 links
Environmental Cleaning and Disinfection
3 links
National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
1 link
Publications
6 links
- Essential Components of an Infection Prevention Program for Outpatient Hemodialysis Centers
- 100% Use of Infection Control Procedures in Hemodialysis Facilities: Call to Action
- Evolving Role of the Medical Director of a Dialysis Facility
- Infection control guidelines in hemodialysis facilities
- Leading the Dialysis Unit: Role of the Medical Director
- Maintaining Safety in the Dialysis Facility
Safe Injection Practices
4 links
Water Safety in Dialysis
3 links
Infectious Diseases
Clostridioides difficile (C-diff or CDI)
2 links
Ebola
7 links
- Ebola Gap Analysis
- Ebola: Responding to a Growing Crisis (webinar)
- ASPR TRACIE: Healthcare System Readiness for Highly Pathogenic Infectious Diseases
- National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education
- World Health Organization (WHO): Ebola Virus Disease
- ASPR TRACIE: Highly Pathogenic Infectious Disease Exercise Planning for Front Line Facilities
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Topic Collection: VHF/Ebola
Hepatitis A
3 links
Hepatitis B
2 links
Hepatitis C
4 links
- KDIGO Guidelines “Hepatitis C in CKD” (2018)
- KDIGO 2018 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Hepatitis C in Chronic Kidney Disease
- CDC/NTDS Hepatitis C Testing and Monitoring Algorithm
- AJKDBlog: Caring for Patients with Hepatitis C and CKD in the Modern Era: The 2018 KDIGO Guideline