Human Factors - Home Peritoneal Dialysis - ASN Excellence in Patient Care (EPC)

Objective

Human factors experts want to make dialysis safer by making infection prevention easier

Introduction

Scientists from Virginia Tech are partnering with the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to learn how people do their Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) at home.

The team wants to know:

What makes it hard to prevent infections?
What do you do to prevent infections?

If you agree to participate in the project …

The team will visit you in your home, one day, for about 3-hours. The team will talk with you about how you do your PD every day. The team will ask to watch as you prepare for treatment. They will also ask to watch as you do exit site care. If you feel uncomfortable at any time, you can ask to leave the project.

Study Information Sheet for Patients

How To Participate

Step 1 — Watch the short video
Step 2 — Let your home nurse know if you are interested in talking with someone on the Human Factors team about participating
Step 3 — Kerry Leigh from the American Society of Nephrology will call you and coordinate a visit from the Human Factors team

Introduction Video

Sarah Parker, PhD, Human Factors Scientist, shares an overview of the Home Peritoneal Dialysis project.

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Study Information Sheet for Patients

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Consent Form

Please review and sign this form if you would like to discuss PD with the human factors experts and have them to visit your home.

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The team will not look at your health record. If the information is shared in the future, anything that could identify you will be removed. If you feel uncomfortable at all, you can ask to leave the project.