Project Firstline

This session focuses on how social determinants of health could contribute to increased risk of infection in people on dialysis. A roundtable with an interdisciplinary team including a nephrologist, dialysis nurse, technician, and social worker will present three clinical vignettes illustrating different social determinants of health and discuss how they impact care. During the live broadcast session, the interdisciplinary panelists will be in the chat to ask and answer attendee questions in this interactive session.

Priya Nori, MD (moderator), Unini Odama, MD, MPH, MBE, Rason Hunter, CCHT, Michelle Monk, MSW, RYT 200, and Tiffaney Holm, BSN, RN (panelists)

This tele-mentoring session focuses on the role of social determinants of health in educating dialysis patients about the risk of infection with central venous catheters. A roundtable with an interdisciplinary team—including a nephrologist, dialysis nurse, technician, and social worker—convenes to discuss communication strategies to reduce infection risk, taking social determinants of health into account. Check back soon for upcoming tele-mentoring sessions.

Learning Objectives:

• • Describe how IPC guidelines address the specific needs of dialysis facilities
  • Define the role of infection preventionists in the dialysis environment
  • Discuss how effective IPC practices can have positive impacts on patient outcomes

Learning Objectives:

• Indicate why hand hygiene is important for infection prevention in a dialysis setting
• Recognize some common mistakes health care workers make regarding hand hygiene that may lead to infection
• Identify what can be done to improve hand hygiene practices in a dialysis setting

Learning Objectives:

• Indicate why PPE is important in dialysis settings
• Recognize some common mistakes health care workers make when using PPE that may lead to the spread of germs
• Identify what can be done to improve the proper use of PPE to prevent the spread of germs

Learning Objectives:

• Indicate why injection safety is important in dialysis
• Recognize some common mistakes health care workers make when preparing and administering parenteral medications that may lead to infection
• Identify what can be done to improve injection safety practice

Learning Objectives:

• Indicate why environmental cleaning and disinfection is important in dialysis settings
• Recognize some common mistakes health care workers make regarding environmental cleaning and disinfection that may lead to infection
• Identify what can be done to improve environmental cleaning and disinfection practices