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Haemodialysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is possible to run a very large dialysis program with a very small team but this is not a long term option… You need to keep communicating with patients and staff…keep all your documentation up to date as things will change quickly.<\/p>University Hospitals Birmingham, haemodialysis team<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I worry about my nurses becoming sick, the supplies not arriving, having to go to a different centre, cutting down sessions and trying to manage fluids.  Will my EMLA cream run out, what if I catch COVID-19, would I, as extremely vulnerable, get a respirator? <\/p>Haemodialysis patient, UK<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

People receiving haemodialysis for end stage kidney disease are classified as extremely vulnerable to infection from COVID-19.  Some dialysis units experienced significant outbreaks in groups of patients who received dialysis at the same time, suggesting that transmission may have occurred in the dialysis unit. There were also high levels of COVID-19 infection amongst staff working on dialysis units. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dialysis staff and patients therefore had the major challenge of adjusting their practices in order to protect themselves and each other from COVID-19 infection.  Dialysis units across the country rose to this challenge and put in place innovative changes to keep patients safe whilst delivering this life-sustaining treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have experience of managing covid-19 in a haemodialysis unit?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did your unit manage to dialyse COVID-19 suspected, or COVID-19 positive patients? <\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you needed to reduce dialysis prescriptions, how was this done safely?<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

How did your unit make space to allow for social distancing?<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Add your voice to this\nlearning community!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be it a personal reflection, an innovation you are proud of or something you have learnt, get in touch by completing this short and easy form<\/a>, or email your story in your own words to <\/strong>kquip@renalregistry.nhs.uk<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shared learning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n