title: Drug resistant organisms and their implications for the outpatient dialysis setting.
abstract: Ever since antibiotics have been used to combat infection, resistance to them has also developed. The elderly and immunosuppressed populations found in today's dialysis facility comprise a group at risk for acquiring infection caused by drug resistant organisms. By utilizing antibiotics prudently and developing infection control strategies based on the disease/organism epidemiology, mode of transmission and individualized needs of the patient as well as the care setting, the proliferation of drug resistant organisms may be curtailed.
authors.affiliation: Renal Treatment Centers, Inc., Berwyn, Penn., USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Peacock
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D010045:Outpatients; D006435:Renal Dialysis