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Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Prevention and Control Division
651-201-5414
Infection Control Resources for Dialysis Outpatient Settings
Refer to these resources as you address infection prevention and control practices in your facility. The following categories correlate to the ICAR assessment modules.
These resources and web links are provided as references and examples. Their listing does not constitute any official position of the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) or imply endorsement by MDH. Accessing guidance from professional organizations may require membership.
- CDC: Dialysis Safety
- CDC: Dialysis Guidelines, Recommendations and Resources
- CDC: Making Dialysis Safer For Patients Coalition
- CDC: 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: Audit Tools and Checklists
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: Dialysis Safety: Clinician Education
- American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA): Learning Modules
- MDH: Hand Hygiene for Health Professionals
- MDH: Project Firstline Hand Hygiene Steps (PDF)
- CDC: Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings
- 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: Audit Tools and Checklists
- CDC: Guidelines Library: Multi-drug resistant organisms (MDRO) Management
- 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: Injection Safety
Injection safety general resources - CDC: One & Only Campaign
Includes Injection Safety Checklist and other resources/posters for clinicians - CDC: Injection Safety Information for Providers
- CDC MMWR: Infection Control Requirements for Dialysis Facilities and Clarification Regarding Guidance on Parenteral Medication Vials
- 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: Hemodialysis Central Venous Catheter Scrub-the-Hub Protocol
- CDC: Intravascular Catheter-related Infection (BSI)
- NKF: Vascular Access
Additional topics
- 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)
- CDC NHSN: Dialysis Component
- 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: Interpretation of Hepatitis B Serologic Test Results
- NTDS: Hepatitis C Testing and Monitoring Algorithm (PDF)