Infection control 101.
Healthcare professionals in dialysis must provide safe, quality care, including the use of basic infection control practices when caring for immunocompromised patients on dialysis. These practices are not new, and for most, are integrated into the routine provision of dialysis care. The challenge within the existing time constraints is to make sure routine practices do not lapse into shortcuts around infection control practices. This article reviews basic infection control as a reminder of its importance in the daily provision of health care.
ESRD Network 13, Oklahoma City, OK, USA. Iduval@nw13.esrd.net
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D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D018805:Sepsis / Q000517:prevention & control