Staying Infection-free with PD and Home HD

While home treatments tend to be better treatments, infection is still a risk—and prevention a necessity. Education and inclusion of infection-prevention in training are important, as are managing modifiable risk factors, such as constipation, gastric acid blockers, and hypokalemia in PD. For home HD, reducing CVC use and duration and using the rope ladder technique for cannulation can reduce risk.

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Tags: Infection prevention, Modifiable Risk Factors, PD, HHD, Central Venous Catheters, CVC