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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
Infection Prevention in the Dialysis Environment
Environmental Decontamination
13 links
- Surface Disinfection – policy example
- Dialysis Cleaning/Disinfection Template and Key
- Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Infections Among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients, 2001
- Environmental Surface Disinfection in Dialysis Facilities: Notes for Clinical Managers
- Days Since Last Bloodstream Infection Poster
- iPads, droids, and bugs: Infection prevention for mobile handheld devices at the point of care
- Continuing Education “Infection Prevention in Dialysis Settings” Training Course
- Guide to the Elimination of Infections in Hemodialysis, 2010
- Preventing Bloodstream Infections in Outpatient Hemodialysis: Best Practices for Dialysis Staff
- What You Should Know About Infectious Diseases: A Guide for Hemodialysis Patients and their Families
- Guideline for Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities, 2008
- Dialysis Station Routine Disinfection Checklist
- Dialysis Station Routine Disinfection Audit Tool
General Infection Prevention
9 links
- The Infection Prevention and Control in Dialysis Settings (2022)
- Excess Deaths Attributable to Influenza-Like Illness in the ESRD Population
- Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP)
- 4 Ways to Get Ahead of Sepsis
- Put Together the Pieces to Prevent Infections in Dialysis Patients
- Injection Safety: Medication Preparation & Administration Audit Tool
- Hemodialysis Injection Safety: Medication Administration Checklist
- Hemodialysis Injection Safety: Medication Preparation Checklist
- Safe Injection Practices – How to Do It Right
Hand Hygiene
19 links
- Improving Hand Hygiene Compliance Rates in the Haemodialysis Setting: More Thank Just More Hand Rubs
- iScrub App
- Global Handwashing Day: Oct. 15
- Hand Washing Stops Infections, So Why Do Health Care Workers Skip It?
- Your Roadmap to Engaging Patients & Families in Hand Hygiene
- Infection Control Today – National Handwashing Awareness Week
- Henry the Hand Foundation
- National Hand Washing Awareness Week
- International Infection Prevention Week: Oct. 15-21
- Clean Hands Count – Video
- Hand Hygiene – Education Courses
- How to Make Handwashing a Fun Experience For Patients in the Dialysis Unit
- Handwashing: Clean Hands Save Lives
- Hand Hygiene in Outpatient and Home-based Care and Long-term Care Facilities
- Bedside hand hygiene improves when extra healthcare workers are present, study shows
- Hopkins Hands: Hand Hygiene at JHM
- Evidence-Based Approaches to Hand Hygiene: Best Practices for Collaboration
- Hand Hygiene Audit Tool
- Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
Infectious Diseases Archive
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
