Abstract
The Korean Society of Nephrology participated in the task force team consisting of government authorities and civilian experts to prevent and control the spread of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in 2015. The Korean Society of Nephrology MERS Task Force Team took an immediate action and drafted ‘the clinical recommendation for hemodialysis facilities’ to follow when the first and the only confirmed case was reported in the hemodialysis unit. Owing to the dedicated support from medical doctors, dialysis nurses, and related medical companies, we could prevent further transmission of MERS infection successfully in hemodialysis units. This special report describes the experience of infection control during MERS outbreak in 2015 and summarizes the contents of ‘the clinical practice guideline for hemodialysis facilities dealing with MERS patients’ built upon our previous experience.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 111-116 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Kidney Research and Clinical Practice |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2017 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We would like to sincerely thank the board members of the Korean Society of Nephrology and the Korean Society for Dialysis Therapy, who supported the development of the MERS clinical practice guideline for hemodialysis facilities and provided review opinions and comments. This work was supported by a grant from the Korean Healthcare Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (grant number: HI15C3227).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 by The Korean Society of Nephrology.
Keywords
- Hemodialysis units
- Infection control
- Middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- Practice guideline
- Quarantine