Partners
On this Page
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.
Coalition Partners
The Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition is proud to partner with the following organizations:
- Accreditation Commission for Health Care
- Altru Health System
- American Association of Kidney Patients
- American Kidney Fund
- American Nephrology Nurses Association
- American Renal Associates
- American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology
- American Society of Nephrology
- American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
- Annual Dialysis Conference
- Arizona Department of Health Services
- Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
- Association for Vascular Access
- Atlantic Dialysis Management Services
- Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology
- California Department of Public Health
- Centers for Dialysis Care
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- Chicago Department of Public Health
- Children’s Hospital Association
- Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
- DaVita
- Delaware Department of Health and Human Services
- Dialysis Care Center
- Dialysis Clinic Inc
- Dialysis Patient Citizens
- Emory Outpatient Dialysis Facilities
- End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) National Coordinating Center
- End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network 8
- End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network of the South Atlantic
- End Stage Renal Disease Network (ESRD) of Texas, Inc.
- Florida Department of Health
- Fresenius Kidney Care
- Georgia Department of Public Health
- Gundersen Health System
- Health Services Advisory Group – End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Networks 7, 13, 15, and 17
- Home Dialyzors United
- Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
- Independent Dialysis Foundation
- Indiana State Department of Health
- Iowa Department of Public Health
- IPRO End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Networks 1,2,6, and 9
- The Joint Commission
- Maine Department of Health and Human Services
- Maryland Department of Health
- Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Medical Education Institute
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
- Minnesota Department of Health
- National Association of County and City Health Officials
- The National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long Term Care
- National Association of Nephrology Technicians/Technologists
- National Dialysis Accreditation Commission
- National Forum of ESRD Networks
- National Kidney Foundation
- Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
- Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission
- Nevada Department of Health and Human Services
- New Jersey Department of Health
- New York State Health Department
- North American Pediatric Renal Trials and Collaborative Studies
- North Carolina Department of Public Health
- North Dakota Department of Health
- Northwest Kidney Centers
- Oregon Patient Safety Commission
- Pennsylvania Department of Health
- Philadelphia Department of Public Health
- Physicians Dialysis
- Quality Insights Renal Network 3
- Quality Insights Renal Network 5
- Qsource ESRD Network 12
- Qsource ESRD Network Strategies: The Renal Network, ESRD Network 10
- Renal Healthcare Association
- Renal Physicians Association Independent Dialysis Foundation
- Rhode Island Department of Health
- The Rogosin Institute
- Satellite Healthcare
- Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
- South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
- SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- Surgery Specialty Hospitals of America
- Tennessee Department of Health Healthcare Associated Infections Program
- U.S. Renal Care
- Utah Department of Health and Human Services
- Veterans Administration Kidney Program
- Virginia Department of Health
- Washington State Department of Health Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Section
- West Virginia Bureau for Public Health/Office of Epidemiology and Prevention Services
- Wisconsin Department of Health and Human Services
For more information on how to join the Coalition as a partner, email DialysisCoalition@cdc.gov.
Activities and Ideas
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