Facility Resources
As a professional caring for individuals with chronic kidney disease, you are aware of the multitude of resources available to you on the Web. We hope we have provided enough materials on our site that you find these helpful.
We are always looking for ways to improve our webpages, so should you have any suggestions or comments, please call us.
Decreasing Dialysis Patient-Provider Conflict (DPC)
Click the link above to go to our Decreasing Dialysis Patient-Provider Conflict (DPC) page. There you will find the DPC Brochure and DPC Provider Manual.
Accouncment: 2008 Employer Recognition Nominations
The Network is looking for assistance in getting the word out about the 2008 Employer Reconition Nomination Project. We ask that dialysis unit social workers distribute, collect and return the the 2008 Employer Recognition Nominaton Forms (format: PDF, size: 98.1 kb).
Dear Individuals Living with Chronic Kidney Disease -- The Rehabilitation Committee of ESRD Network 4 would like to recognize emploers who have hired people with Chronic Kidney Disease. In order to do this, we would like to give you the opportunity to submit the name of the individual where you work who you feel has been supportive in your efforts to work.
The submit a nomination, please complete and return the 2008 Employer Recognition Nominaton Form (format: PDF, size: 98.1 kb) to either your social worker or directly to the Network office.
The dealine to submit nominations to the Network is April 4, 2008.
Assessing Functional Status of ESRD Patients
This page is dedicated to resources and tools that can be used to assess the functional status of ESRD patients.
Looking for Disaster or Emergency Preparedness information?
Then turn to our Disaster Preparedness and Response page for materials and information.
Looking for Dialysis Units?
Then turn to our Patient Resources Page for several dialysis unit search engines. Links to these search engines are provided in the left side menu under the heading "Dialysis Unit Search Engines".
Looking for Patient Education Opportunities?
Then turn to our Patient Resources Page for information on home modalities, tranplantation, the Offices of Vocational Rehabilitation and more (including our "Services for Patients" pamphlet).
Network Document: ESRD Network 4's Guidelines for Care of ESRD Patients Document (format: PDF, size: 426 kb)
This document is an excellent resource that provides some general guidelines that could be followed by dialysis and transplant facilities. The information in this guide does not contain "rules" that should be considered enforceable, unlike Medicare's Conditions for Coverage. They are recommendations made by the professional communities within Network 4.
Network 4 Brochure: Key Information About Kidney Transplant (format: PDF, size: 153 kb)
The Organ Procurement/Transplantation Committee of Network 4 along with the Director of Data created this informational brochure. "Key Information About Kidney Transplant Brochure" provides information on what you should know as you explore transplantation as a treatment option, as well as the names, addresses, phone numbers and web sites to the Organ Procurement Organization and Transplant Centers within ESRD Network 4.
Network 4 Document: Frequently Asked Questions on Preparing for a Kidney Transplant (format: PDF, size: 225 kb)
This document is a great resource for anyone who has questions about kidney transplantation. It was created by Network 4 with the assistance of a member of the Organ Procurement/Transplantation Committee. You will find "Frequently Asked Questions on Preparing for a Kidney Transplant" to be in an easy-to-follow "question and answer" format. It even includes a fun quiz at the end to test your patients' knowledge on Kidney Disease.
In Service Education: Dialysis Patient Care Staff Education Modules - From the Mid Atlantic Renal Coalition (MARC)
The Mid Atlantic Renal Coalition (MARC), also known as ESRD Network 5, created five great training modules for dialysis patient care staff centered on "Communication Skills for Providing Quality Care."
The five modules are:
- 1. Professionalism in Dialysis Care
- 2. Patient Centered Care
- 3. When Patients Have Concerns
- 4. Fistula First
- 5. Caring Through the End: Final Stage of Chronic Kidney Disease
Life Options Resources: Life Options Products Catalog
Free resource materials are available from Life Options and range from a Unit Self-Assessment Tool to booklets on the 5 E's of rehabilitation: Encouragement, Education, Exercise, Employment, and Evaluation.
Medicare Conditions for Coverage: End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities
This link to the Medicare Conditions for Coverage of End-Stage Renal Disease Facilities also provides the "State Operations Manual: Guidance to Surveyors".
CDC Resources -- Hepatitis B Vaccination Recommendations for the Hemodialysis Facility
- Poster -- Recommended Infection Control Practices in Hemodialysis Units (format: PDF, size: 1.52 Mb)
- Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Infections Amoung Chronic Hemodialysis Patients (format: PDF, size: 386 kb)
- ACIP Guidelines for Vaccinating Kidney Dialysis Patients and Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (format: PDF, size: 297 kb)
- Dialysis, Viral Hepatitis and Immunization Information from the Immunication Action Coalition
NKF KDOQI
Homepage to the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative
Journal of Renal Nutrition
The official journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation and the International Society of Renal Nutrition & Metabolism
UNOS
Homepage to the United Network for Organ Sharing
USRDS
Homepage to the United States Renal Data System, located at the University of Michigan
National CPM Information and Report
This site, from CMS, provides the measures, data collection descriptions and ESRD CPM Annual Reports
ASN
Homepage to the American Society of Nephrology
NRAA
Homepage to the National Renal Administrators Association
ANNA
Homepage to the American Nephrology Nurses' Association
RPA
Homepage to the Renal Physicians Association
RENALNET
RENALNET is a kidney information clearinghouse that has a lot of useful information, including chat rooms for the renal community (look for those under "RENALNET Features" then "Conference Rooms")
NIDDK/NIH
Homepage to the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases at the National Institute of Health
Nephron
Homepage to Nephron, a nephrology information resource center
