Infection Control Resources for Dialysis Outpatient Settings

• CDC: Infections and Patients on Dialysis
• CDC: Dialysis Guidelines, Recommendations and Resources
• CDC: Making Dialysis Safer For Patients Coalition
• CMS: Dialysis
• MKN: Midwest Kidney Network
• NKF: National Kidney Foundation
• NIH: Targeting Zero Infections in the Outpatient Dialysis Unit: Core Curriculum 2020
• American Society of Nephrology (ASN): Nephrologists Transforming Dialysis Safety (NTDS)
• KDIGO: Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes
• AHRQ: AHRQ Safety Program for End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities – Toolkit

Audit tools

• MDH: ICAR Infection Prevention Audit Tools
  Tools to audit compliance with hand hygiene, PPE, wound care, and environmental cleaning and disinfection
• CDC: Dialysis Safety: Resources & Tools

Training

• MDH: Project Firstline Training and Resources
• APIC: Implementation Guides
  Includes Infection Prevention and Control in Dialysis Settings Implementation Guide
• ASN: NTDS Online Learning Courses
• End Stage Renal Disease National Coordinating Center (ESRD NCC): Professionals
• CDC: Training: Infection Prevention in Dialysis Settings
• American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA): Learning Modules

• MDH: Hand Hygiene for Health Professionals
• MDH: Project Firstline Hand Hygiene Steps (PDF)
• CDC: Clinical Safety: Hand Hygiene for Healthcare Workers
• CDC: Clean Hands Count for Dialysis Care (PDF)
• APIC: APIC Toolkit for Patient Hand Hygiene
• ASN: NTDS Resource Library
  Refer to the hand hygiene section
• ESRD NCC: Test Your Hand Hygiene Knowledge video
• AHRQ: Hand Hygiene poster (PDF)
• CDC: Dialysis Safety: Resources & Tools

• CDC: Multidrug-resistant Organisms (MDRO) Management Guidelines
• CDC: Isolation Precautions Appendix A: Type and Duration of Precautions Recommended for Selected Infections and Conditions
• CDC MMWR: Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005 (PDF)

• CDC: Environmental Infection Control Guidelines
• CDC: Options for Evaluating Environmental Cleaning
• CDC: Best Practices for Environmental Cleaning in Healthcare Facilities in Resource-Limited Settings (PDF)
• WHO: How to Dilute and Use Bleach (PDF)
• Minnesota Hospital Association: Environmental Services Cleaning Guidebook (PDF)

• MDH: Injection Safety
• CDC: Preventing Unsafe Injection Practices
• CDC: Safe Injection Practices to Prevent Transmission of Infections to Patients
• CDC: Injection Safety Resources for Providers
  Includes Injection Safety Checklist and other resources/posters for clinicians
• CDC MMWR: Infection Control Requirements for Dialysis Facilities and Clarification Regarding Guidance on Parenteral Medication Vials

• ASN: Managing Infections in an Outpatient Dialysis Facility
• NTDS: Standardization of Blood Culture Collection for Patients Receiving In-Center Hemodialysis (PDF)

• CDC: Water Use in Dialysis
• CDC: Dialysis Wall Boxes and Drains

• MDH: Hemodialysis Catheter Care Tip Sheet (PDF)
  Intended for long-term care facilities, this tip sheet lists important "do's and don'ts" for catheter care and outlines situations that require a response from caregivers.
• MDH: Hemodialysis Fistula or Graft Care Tip Sheet (PDF)
  Intended for long-term care facilities, this tip sheet lists important "do's and don'ts" for fistula or graft care and outlines situations that require a response from caregivers.
• CDC: Special Considerations: Hemodialysis Central Venous Catheter Scrub-the-Hub Protocol
• CDC: Intravascular Catheter-related Infection (BSI) Prevention Guidelines
• NKF: Vascular Access

• MDH: Antibiotic Resistance and Stewardship for Health Professionals
• ASN: Antibiotic Prescribing in the Outpatient Dialysis Setting

• MDH: Reportable Diseases A-Z: Reportable Infectious Diseases
• CDC NHSN: Dialysis Event Surveillance Protocol (PDF)
• CDC NHSN: CMS Requirements - Outpatient Dialysis Facilities

• ESRD NCC: Decreasing Peritonitis for Patients Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis in the Nursing Home (PDF)
• ESRD NCC: Decreasing Long-Term Catheter (LTC) Infections for Patients Receiving Hemodialysis in the Nursing Home (PDF)
• CMS: QSOG Memorandum on Guidance and Survey Process for Reviewing Home Dialysis Services in a Nursing Home (PDF)

• MDH: Health Care Coalitions
• KCER: Kidney Community Emergency Response
• MKN: Emergency Preparedness
• CMS: Emergency Preparedness for Dialysis Facilities: A Guide for Chronic Dialysis Facilities (PDF)
• NKF: Planning for Emergencies: A Guide for People with Kidney Disease (PDF)

• CDC: Dialysis Surveillance Report

• CDC NHSN: Dialysis Component

• CDC: Guideline for Vaccinating Kidney Dialysis Patients and Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (PDF)
• ESRD NCC: Dialysis Facility COVID-19 Vaccination Toolkit (PDF)

• MDH: Health Care: COVID-19
• ASN: COVID-19 Response

Hepatitis

• MDH: Hepatitis
• CDC MMWR: Testing for HCV Infection: An Update of Guidance for Clinicians and Laboratorians (PDF)
• CDC MMWR: Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Infections Among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients
• CDC: Clinical Testing and Diagnosis for Hepatitis B: How to interpret test results
• NTDS: Hepatitis C Testing and Monitoring Algorithm (PDF)