Infection Control News

In response to the novel coronavirus, CMS is supplementing its guidance to dialysis facilities on interacting with patients.

Pregnant women, newborns, the elderly and patients with comorbidities, like diabetes mellitus, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, have the highest risk of contracting COVID-19, researchers wrote after analyzing data from patients with kidney disease in China.

Dialysis should not occur in an outpatient facility for a person under investigation for the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, unless an airborne isolation room is available, according to new guidance from the American Society of Nephrology.

For patients on peritoneal dialysis, the risk of developing peritonitis varies based on country and facility-related factors, according to recently published findings.

Published research suggests access-related Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia rates were nearly seven-times higher for patients on hemodialysis who were cannulated using the buttonhole needling technique compared with stepladder/area puncture.

WASHINGTON — Ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitors do not significantly impact creatinine-based GFR estimates compared with measured GFR for HIV-positive patients, according to data presented at ASN Kidney Week.

A program that provided specific processes to support the initiation of PD in urgent and unplanned situations reduced both central venous catheter use through hemodialysis and length of hospital stay, according to a published study.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, California — Infection management in the dialysis unit remains a high priority for caregivers, and clinical teams from Gundersen Health System presented ideas here on assessing gaps in practice and developing programs to help change the culture, even with something as simple as washing hands while doing patient care.

Children with more than one febrile UTI are at a significantly increased risk for kidney scarring, according to findings published in JAMA Pediatrics. Researchers wrote that the risk for scarring increases with each additional febrile infection.

A nitric oxide-eluting, disposable hemodialysis catheter insert may lower mortality rates for patients with kidney disease by preventing infection and thrombosis.