Preventing PD Infections: ASN Core Interventions

An ASN workshop developed interventions focused on six key, evidence-based strategies to reduce infection, improve quality of life, and expand home treatments: Infection rate surveillance and feedback, standardized staff training/competency assessment, standardized patient and care partner education, routine infection prevention assessments, antimicrobial PD exit site prophylaxis, and prophylactic antimicrobials for some procedures or events.

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