Middle East respiratory syndrome clinical practice guideline for hemodialysis facilities

Middle East respiratory syndrome clinical practice guideline for hemodialysis facilities

Sangho Lee, Young Ki Lee, Dongryeol Ryu, Kyu Bok Choi, Hayne Cho Park, Kyung Don Yoo, Hee Jung Jeon, Seong Nam Kim, Seung Hwan Sohn, Rho Won Chun

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.

2017

infection control, quarantine, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, practice guideline, Hemodialysis units

DOI: 10.23876/j.krcp.2017.36.2.111

Kidney Research and Clinical Practice

The Korean Society of Nephrology

Internal medicine, Specialties of internal medicine