What is HICPAC? 2 links

• Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)
• Update to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee Recommendation Categorization Scheme for Infection Control and Prevention Guideline Recommendations

Quality Improvement 4 links

• HRSA Clinical Quality & Performance Measures Quality Toolkit
• Continuous quality improvement in nephrology: a systematic review
• IHI Quality Improvement Tools
• Team STEPPS Rapid Response Systems Module

Data 2 links

• Surveys and Tools to Advance Patient-Centered Care (CAHPS)
• NHSN: Tracking Infections in Outpatient Dialysis Facilities

Healthcare Personnel 5 links

• Clinician Education
• Continuing Education "Infection Prevention in Dialysis Settings"
• 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program
• CDC Learning Connection
• Fellows: Educational Resources

Patients 4 links

• National Kidney Foundation A-Z Health Guide: Hemodialysis
• Kidney Failure and Medicare: What you should know
• How does dialysis work?
• CDC Patient Information

NKF 1 link

• What You Should Know About Infectious Diseases: A Guide for Hemodialysis Patients and Their Families

Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition 4 links

• "Days Since Infection" Poster
• Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition
• Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition Materials
• The Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition A New Partnership to Prevent Hemodialysis-Related Infections

Renal Physicians Association (RPA) 1 link

• Dialysis Safety: What Patients Need to Know

State HAI Programs 1 link

• State-based HAI Prevention Activities by State

ESRD Networks 2 links

• ESRD Network Organizations
• ESRD Network Map and Directory of ESRD Networks

CKD/ESKD Patient Associations 6 links

• Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC)
• American Assocation of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
• CDC Patient Information
• Renal Support Network
• Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC)
• American Assocation of Kidney Patients (AAKP)

Buttonhole Cannulation 1 link

• Kidney 360 resources

AV Fistula/ AV Graft 4 links

• CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR VASCULAR ACCESS, UPDATE 2006
• AV Fistula & Graft Cannulation Checklist
• AV Fistula & Graft Decannulation Checklist
• CDC Resource.

Central Venous Catheter 12 links

• Management of the Hemodialysis Patient with Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infection
• Initiating Dialysis with a Catheter, Catheter Exit Site Care
• Guidelines for Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections, 2011
• CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR VASCULAR ACCESS, UPDATE 2006
• Hemodialysis Catheter Exit Site Care Checklist
• Catheter Exit Site Care Audit Tool
• Hemodialysis Central Venous Catheter Scrub-the-Hub Protocol
• Hemodialysis Catheter Connection Checklist
• Hemodialysis Catheter Disconnection Checklist
• Catheter Connection & Disconnection Audit Tool
• Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections Update
• Summary of Recommendations: Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections

Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter 3 links

• KDOQI: CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS ADEQUACY, UPDATE 2006
• ISPD Clinical Practice Guidelines for Peritoneal Access
• Infection Control for PD Patients After a Disaster