Partners
Working with a wide variety of partners is critical to the success of the Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition. Learn more about the partners of this program, what partners are doing to prevent infections in dialysis patients, and how your organization might get involved.
If you are interested in your organization becoming a partner, contact the Coalition at DialysisCoalition@cdc.gov.
The Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition is proud to partner with the following organizations:
- Accreditation Commission for Health Careexternal icon
- Altru Health Systemexternal icon
- American Association of Kidney Patientsexternal icon
- American Kidney Fundexternal icon
- American Nephrology Nurses Associationexternal icon
- American Renal Associates external icon
- American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrologyexternal icon
- American Society of Nephrologyexternal icon
- American Society of Pediatric Nephrologyexternal icon
- Annual Dialysis Conferenceexternal icon
- Arizona Department of Health Servicesexternal icon
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiologyexternal icon
- Association for Vascular Accessexternal icon
- Atlantic Dialysis Management Servicesexternal icon
- Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technologyexternal icon
- California Department of Public Healthexternal icon
- Centers for Dialysis Careexternal icon
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servicesexternal icon
- Children’s Hospital Associationexternal icon
- Colorado Department of Public Health & Environmentexternal icon
- DaVitaexternal icon
- Dialysis Care Centerexternal icon
- Dialysis Clinic Incexternal icon
- Dialysis Patient Citizensexternal icon
- Emory Outpatient Dialysis Facilitiesexternal icon
- End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) National Coordinating Centerexternal icon
- End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network 8external icon
- End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network of the South Atlanticexternal icon
- End Stage Renal Disease Network (ESRD) of Texas, Inc.external icon
- Florida Department of Healthexternal icon
- Fresenius Kidney Careexternal icon
- Georgia Department of Public Healthexternal icon
- Gundersen Health Systemexternal icon
- Health Services Advisory Group – End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Networks 7, 13, 15, and 17external icon
- Home Dialyzors Unitedexternal icon
- Independent Dialysis Foundationexternal icon
- Indiana State Department of Healthexternal icon
- Iowa Department of Public Healthexternal icon
- IPRO End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Networks 1,2,6, and 9external icon
- The Joint Commissionexternal icon
- Massachusetts Department of Public Healthexternal icon
- Medical Education Instituteexternal icon
- Minnesota Department of Healthexternal icon
- National Association of County and City Health Officialsexternal icon
- The National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Careexternal icon
- National Association of Nephrology Technicians/Technologistsexternal icon
- National Dialysis Accreditation Commissionexternal icon
- National Forum of ESRD Networksexternal icon
- National Kidney Foundationexternal icon
- Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services external icon
- Nephrology Nursing Certification Commissionexternal icon
- New Jersey Department of Healthexternal icon
- North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studiesexternal icon
- North Carolina Department of Public Healthexternal icon
- North Dakota Department of Healthexternal icon
- Northwest Kidney Centersexternal icon
- Oregon Patient Safety Commissionexternal icon
- Pennsylvania Department of Healthexternal icon
- Philadelphia Department of Public Health external icon
- Physicians Dialysisexternal icon
- Quality Insights Renal Network 3external icon
- Quality Insights Renal Network 5external icon
- Qsource ESRD Network 12external icon
- Qsource ESRD Network Strategies: The Renal Network, ESRD Network 10external icon
- Renal Healthcare Associationexternal icon
- Renal Physicians Association Independent Dialysis Foundationexternal icon
- The Rogosin Instituteexternal icon
- Satellite Healthcareexternal icon
- Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of Americaexternal icon
- South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Controlexternal icon
- SUNY Downstate Medical Centerexternal icon
- Surgery Specialty Hospitals of Americaexternal icon
- Tennessee Department of Health Healthcare Associated Infections Programexternal icon
- U.S. Renal Careexternal icon
- Veterans Administration Kidney Programexternal icon
- Virginia Department of Healthexternal icon
- Washington State Department of Health Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Sectionexternal icon
- West Virginia Bureau for Public Health/Office of Epidemiology and Prevention Servicesexternal icon
For more information on how to join the Coalition as a partner, email DialysisCoalition@cdc.gov.
The Making Dialysis Safer for Patient Coalition offers partners many collaborative opportunities to engage with the campaign.
Below are examples of our partners’ activities:
Generate Awareness
- Write a letter from your organization’s leadership regarding the importance of partnering with the Coalition and share with your organization’s members and/or relevant media outlets
- Use Coalition messages and materials to publish editorials, blogs, articles, and/or organizational emails on infection prevention topics
- Launch a social media campaign (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) featuring Coalition messages
- Place the Coalition button, materials and resources on your Website
- Link to CDC Core Interventions and Guidelines and Coalition materials and resources from your Website
- Promote placement of Coalition materials in local media outlets and/or leverage media (news articles, radio interview, TV, etc.) to share Coalition messages and resources
- Send out a newsletter to your organization’s members about your Coalition activities and/or share the Coalition newsletter with your organization’s members
Educate
- Participate in Coalition calls and webinars to obtain the newest infection prevention information from CDC and dialysis experts
- Host a training session, provider webinar, or workshop session for members
- Promote and use CDC continuing education (CE) course/training for your organization’s members
- Provide Coalition materials to patients and encourage them to speak up about infection prevention
- Include Coalition messaging, materials and resources in employee educational packets
- Distribute Coalition messages, materials and resources at conferences and exhibits
Implement Recommendations
- Implement CDC Core Interventions and Guidelines within your organization’s guidelines and policies, practices, and evaluations
- Routinely use the Coalition materials and resources to improve practices
- Routinely use Coalition patient education resources to encourage patient engagement
Share Experiences and Findings
- Report your Coalition activities and success stories to the CDC Foundation
- Engage new organizations to become involved with the Coalition
- Deliver presentations to interested parties
- Collaborate on prevention studies
- Facilitate sharing of bloodstream infection prevention experiences among your members