Dialysis Patient Safety

Data & Statistics for Dialysis-Associated Outcomes

These resources may be of use to healthcare professionals

Data Collection & Analysis (Surveillance)

• National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)—Dialysis Surveillance
  NHSN is a voluntary, secure, internet-based surveillance system managed by CDC.

Dialysis Surveillance Reports: NHSN & DSN

• Dialysis Surveillance Report: National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)—Data Summary for 2006 Seminars in Dialysis—Vol 21, No 1 (January–February) 2008 pp. 24–28 PDF (214 KB / 5 pages)
• Electronic reporting of infections associated with hemodialysis June 2005
  Nephrology News PDF (3 pages / 301 KB)
• Surveillance System for Hemodialysis-Associated Infections- October 1999 – May 2001
  AJIC Aug 2002. PDF (8 pages/108KB)

National Survey of Dialysis-Associated Diseases

• 2002 Report Seminars in Dialysis July 2005 PDF (10 pages/262KB)
• 2001 Report Seminars in Dialysis July 2004 PDF (10 pages/262KB)
• 2000 Report PDF (42 pages/264KB) (Accessible Version) PDF (42 pages/1393KB)
• 1999 Report PDF(46 pages/180KB)
• 1997 Report PDF (55 pages/117KB)

Dialysis-Associated Infections

• Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections Among Dialysis Patients, United States, 2005 MMWR March 9, 2007;56(09);197-199

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