Journal Watch - Training
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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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Tags: Interventions, Infection, Quality Of Life, Home Treatments, Training
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Home HD Core Curriculum, 2021
COVID-19 and policy changes have revived interest in home HD, so nephrologists need to better understand the therapy. This article focuses on factors in successful training and retention, including benefits, pitfalls, challenges, new equipment, prescriptions, and more.
Read the abstract » | (added 2021-10-13)