Published Studies and Reports
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These publications, authored by CDC or Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition core members, help reinforce the basics of infection prevention and control in the dialysis setting. This is not an exhaustive list, but a sample of key studies and reports.
Published dialysis-related outbreak investigation reports are listed on the Dialysis-Related Outbreak Investigations page.
Published Studies
- Rha B, See I, Dunham L, et al. Vital Signs: Health Disparities in Hemodialysis-Associated Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections — United States, 2017–2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2023 Feb;72(6):153–159.
- Buetti N, Marschall J, Drees M, Fakih MG, Hadaway L, Maragakis LL, Monsees E, Novosad S, O’Grady NP, Rupp ME, Wolf J, Yokoe D, Mermel LA. Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2022 Apr 19;43(5):1-17.
- Prestel C, Moulton-Meissner H, Gable P, Stanton RA, Glowicz J, Franco L, McConnell M, Torres T, John D, Blackwell G, Yates R, Brown C, Reyes K, McAllister GA, Kunz J, Conners EE, Benedict KM, Kirby A, Mattioli M, Xu K, Gualandi N, Booth S, Novosad S, Arduino M, Halpin AL, Wells K, Walters MS. Dialysis Water Supply Faucet as Reservoir for Carbapenemase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Emerg Infect Dis. 2022 Oct;28(10):2069-2073.
- Patel PR, Tanz LJ, Hamilton E, Swanzy K, Hymes JL, Giullian J, Novosad SA. Assessment of Provision of COVID-19 Vaccination in Dialysis Clinics and Patient Vaccination Coverage. JAMA Intern Med. 2022 Jun 1;182(6):676-678.
- D’Agata EMC, Apata IW, Booth S, Boyce JM, Deaver K, Gualandi N, Neu A, Nguyen D, Novosad S, Palevsky PM, Rodgers D; Nephrologist Transforming Dialysis Safety Committee. Suggestions for the prevention of Clostridioides difficile spread within outpatient hemodialysis facilities. Kidney Int. 2021 May;99(5):1045-1053.
- Bardossy AC, Korhonen L, Schatzman S, Gable P, Herzig C, Brown NE, Beshearse E, Varela K, Sabour S, Lyons AK, Overton R, Hudson M, Hernandez-Romieu AC, Alvarez J, Roman K, Weng M, Soda E, Patel PR, Grate C, Dalrymple LS, Wingard RL, Thornburg NJ, Halpin ASL, Folster JM, Tobin-D’Angelo M, Lea J, Apata I, McDonald LC, Brown AC, Kutty PK, Novosad S. Clinical Course of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Adults with ESKD Receiving Outpatient Hemodialysis. Kidney360. 2021 Sep 22;2(12):1917-1927.
- Wilson WW, Bardossy AC, Gable P, Herzig C, Beshearse E, Gualandi N, Sabour S, Brown N, Brown AC, Kutty P, Tobin-D’Angelo M, Lea JP, Apata IW, Novosad S; Implementation Team. Absence of SARS-CoV-2 infections among patients with end-stage renal disease following facility-wide testing in four outpatient hemodialysis facilities. Am J Infect Control. 2021 Oct;49(10):1318-1321.
- Mokrzycki MH, Leigh KA, Kliger AS, Niyyar VD, Bren Asp V, Golestaneh L, Taylor Q, Novosad SA. Implementation of an Electronic Catheter Checklist in Outpatient Hemodialysis Facilities: Results of a Pilot Quality Improvement Project. Kidney360. 2021 Feb 9;2(4):684-694.
- Bigelow BF, Tang O, Toci GR, Stracker N, Sheikh F, Jacobs Slifka KM, Novosad SA, Jernigan JA, Reddy SC, Katz MJ. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Involving Residents Receiving Dialysis in a Nursing Home – Maryland, April 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Aug 14;69(32):1089-1094.
- Yi SH, Kallen AJ, Hess S, Bren VR, Lincoln ME, Downham G, Kelley K, Booth SL, Weirich H, Shugart A, Lines C, Melville A, Jernigan JA, Kleinbaum DG, Patel PR. Sustained Infection Reduction in Outpatient Hemodialysis Centers Participating in a Collaborative Bloodstream Infection Prevention Effort. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 2016 Jul;37(7):863-866.
- See I, Shugart A, Lamb C, Kallen AJ, Patel PR, Sinkowitz-Cochran RL. Infection control and bloodstream infection prevention: the perspective of patients receiving hemodialysis. Nephrology Nursing Journal. 2014 Jan-Feb; 41(1): 37-39.
- Patel PR, Yi SH, Booth S, Bren V, Downham G, Hess S, … Kallen, AJ. Bloodstream infection rates in outpatient hemodialysis facilities participating in a collaborative prevention effort: A quality improvement report. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 2013 Aug; 62(2): 322-330.
- Lindberg C, Downham G, Buscell P, Jones E, Peterson P, Krebs V. Embracing collaboration: A novel strategy for reducing bloodstream infections in outpatient hemodialysis centers. American Journal of Infection Control. 2013 Jun; 41(6): 513-519.
- Hess S, Bren V. Essential Components of an Infection Prevention Program for Outpatient Hemodialysis Centers. Seminars in Dialysis. 2013 Jul-Aug;26(4):384-398.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Reducing bloodstream infections in an outpatient hemodialysis center.MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Mar; 16(61): 169-173.
- Kallen, A.J., Patel, P.R., Hess, S. (2011). Intolerance of chlorhexidine as a skin antiseptic in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2011 Nov; 32(11): 1144-1146.
- Lincoln, M. (2011).Preventing catheter-associated bloodstream infections in hemodialysis centers: The facility perspective. Nephrology Nursing Journal, 38(5): 411-415.
- CDC Vital Signs Report: Making Health Care Safer Reducing Bloodstream Infections [PDF – 4 Pages]
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Vital Signs: Central Line–Associated Blood Stream Infections — United States, 2001, 2008, and 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Mar;60(8):243-248.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Invasive Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections Among Dialysis Patients, United States, 2005.. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2007 Mar;56(9):197-199.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Surveillance Summary of Bloodstream Infections (BSI) in Outpatient Hemodialysis Facilities — National Healthcare Safety Network, 2014–2019 [PDF – 7 Pages].
- Nguyen DB, Shugart A, Lines C, Shah AB, Edwards J, Pollock D, Sievert D, Patel PR. National Healthcare safety Network (NHSN) Dialysis Event Surveillance Report for 2014. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2017 Jul; 12(7): 1139-1146.
- Patel PR, Shugart A, Mbaeyi C, Goding Sauer A, Melville A, Nguyen DB, Kallen AJ. Dialysis Event Surveillance Report: National Healthcare Safety Network—Data Summary January 2007 through April 2011. American Journal of Infection Control. 2016 Aug; 44(8): 944-947.
- Klevens RM, Edwards JR, Andrus ML, Peterson KD, Dudeck MA, Horan TC. Dialysis Surveillance Report: National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)—Data Summary for 2006 [PDF – 5 Pages]. Seminars in Dialysis. Jan-Feb 2008; 21(1): 24–28.
- Klevens RM, Tokars JI, Andrus A. Electronic reporting of infections associated with hemodialysis [PDF – 3 Pages]. Nephrology News & Issues. 2004 June;37-43.
- Tokars, JI, Miller Er, Stein G. New national surveillance system for hemodialysis-associated infections: initial results [PDF – 8 Pages]. Am J Infect Control. 2002 Aug; 30(5):288-95.