Home Safe—An Advantage During a Global Pandemic

Dr. Jeffrey Perl, from Toronto, Dr. Alan S. Kliger, at Yale, and Dr. Martin J. Schreiber, Chief Medical Office for DaVita home modalities presented on dialysis patients’ comorbidities and immunologic vulnerabilities—and the benefits of reducing risk by dialyzing at home.  The ASN COVID-19 Response Team made nine recommendations, including policy advocacy for rapid PD catheter placement, reducing required home dialysis nurse experience to 6-months, speeding up home transitions, disseminating best practices for COVID-19-positive patients, further clarifying telehealth, assuring home supplies, ensuring safe trash disposal by positive patients, addressing PPE shortages, and lightening the administrative load for lab tests.  Read the article.

https://www.kidneynews.org/kidney-news/features/home-considerations-in-the-care-of-patients-receiving-home-dialysis-during-the-covid-19-pandemic

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• A Nephrologist’s Perspective on Twelve Important Things for Dialysis Patients to Consider During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  05/06 – Dr. Michael Kraus
• View from the Bed: How to Cope with PD Cycler Pain
  04/30 – Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
• How Home Dialysis Providers Can Help Staff Deal with COVID-19
  04/23 – Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
• Does Fluid Intake During Dialysis “Count” as Fluid Weight Gain?
  04/16 – Dr. John Agar

Pipeline Technology

• New Device in Testing May SAVE Failed Fistulas

Home Dialysis in the News

• Baxter Sharesource, Other Innovations Protect PD Staff and Patients
• COVID-19 Speeding Paradigm Shift to Home Dialysis
• UVA Pilots Four In-Person Home Dialysis Clinic Visits Per Year

Living Well with Home Treatments

• Mom of Three Does PD 250 Miles Away from Her Doctor

Advocacy for Better Dialysis

• Home Dialysis Is Growing, Says Dr. Thomas Golper

Industry Updates

• Fresenius CEO Rice Powell on Lessons Learned From Covid 19

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

Each month, we gather recent research abstracts about home dialysis. Visit our Journal Watch to learn more:

• How to Prevent and Manage COVID-19 in PD Patients
• PD Catheter Placement Outcomes: Urgent- vs. Elective-start
• Are PD eHealth Initiatives Ready for Prime Time?
• Universal AVF Back-up for PD Patients Reduces HD Catheter Use
• Bioimpedance-measured Fluid Overload and Short Daily HD Survival
• Physical Activity and Survival in PD

Featured Link – Feeling Stressed by COVID-19?  The CDC is Here to Help

If you are anxious, not sleeping well, and having trouble concentrating, you are normal!  This CDC page has good information and links to crisis resources. 

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/managing-stress-anxiety.html