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Analyzing Pathogen Transmission in the Dialysis Unit

Author(s) -

John R. Hotchkiss,

Paul R. Holley,

Philip S. Crooke

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

clinical journal of the american society of nephrology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755

H-Index - 151

eISSN - 1555-905X

pISSN - 1555-9041

DOI - 10.2215/cjn.00130107

Subject(s) - medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , intensive care medicine , infection control , dialysis , infectious disease (medical specialty) , isolation (microbiology) , population , risk analysis (engineering) , disease , environmental health , computer science , surgery , pathology , biology , bioinformatics , telecommunications

Infectious diseases and antimicrobial-resistant microorganisms are a growing problem for the dialysis population. The frequency of patient visits and intimate, prolonged physical contact with the inanimate environment during dialysis treatments make these facilities potentially efficient venues for nosocomial pathogen transmission. Isolation measures and infection control practices can be inconvenient and consume limited resources. Quantitative tools for analyzing the effects of different containment strategies can help to identify optimal strategies for further study. However, spatial and temporal considerations germane to the dialysis unit greatly complicate analyses relying on conventional mathematical approaches.

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