Nursing Home Dialysis Dens: Unique Infection Prevention and Control Considerations

Session Description: Hemodialysis care for nursing home residents is shifting from traditional outpatient dialysis facilities to hemodialysis dens located inside nursing home buildings. Some of the appeal of onsite hemodialysis includes cutting transportation costs, increased frequency of dialysis treatments, and easier hemodialysis placement for high acuity residents. However, nursing home hemodialysis dens present unique infection prevention and control considerations. During this session, experts will detail responsibilities nursing homes should consider when starting onsite hemodialysis, oversight of hemodialysis treatments by dialysis provider organizations in the nursing home setting, staffing for dialysis care, and gaps in regulatory oversight and surveillance. Examples of disease transmission and infection prevention breaches occurring in the care of nursing home residents receiving hemodialysis will be discussed.

Stephanie Booth

Infection Prevention Educator, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Chenega

Stephanie Booth is the Infection Prevention Educator for the Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition. She has a degree in Health Care Administration (HCA), a Certification of Infection Control (CIC), and is contracted in the Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP) at the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC). Stephanie’s expertise relies heavily on her 15+ years experience in the dialysis setting as a certified tech, bio-med tech, coordinator, and educator.