1. Infection prevention and control policies and training for healthcare personnel (HCP): |
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Facility leadership including, but not limited to, the Chief Medical Officer, quality officers, medical directors, facility administrator, nurse manager, infection prevention personnel, chief operating officer, nephrologists, nurse practitioners has reviewed the lefts for Disease Control and Prevention's COVID-19 guidance for dialysis facilities |
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Facility provides education and job-specific training to HCP regarding COVID-19 including: |
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Signs and symptoms of COVID-19 |
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Importance of hand hygiene, respiratory hygiene, cough etiquette and wearing a facemask |
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Use of personal protective equipment (PPE) including competency evaluation |
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Triage procedures and patient placement |
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Institutions’ policies for HCP sick leave |
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Self-monitoring for fever or respiratory symptoms |
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Report system of patients who are COVID-19 suspected or confirmed |
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Facility provides education to patients about the following: |
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Symptoms of COVID-19 and how COVID-19 is transmitted |
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Importance of immediately informing HCP if they feel feverish or ill |
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Infection control guidance (e.g., hand hygiene, covering their cough, maintaining and wearing a facemask) |
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Actions the facility is taking to keep the dialysis procedures safe (e.g., visitor restrictions, changes in PPE) |
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2. Process for rapidly identifying and isolating patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19: |
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Facility has provided prior education to patients not to visit dialysis facilities if they have fever or respiratory symptoms, or has prepared with process to check patients by calling ahead and asking them to report fever or symptoms of respiratory infection |
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Installation of selective care left |
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Signs are posted in triage areas (e.g., at entrance, and in waiting areas) advising patients with fever or symptoms of respiratory infection to immediately notify triage personnel so appropriate precautions can be put in place |
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Facemasks are equipped to all patients upon entry to the facility and kept on until they leave the facility |
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Alcohol based hand sanitizer for hand hygiene is available at each entrance, in waiting areas and near treatment stations |
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Facility has space of waiting area for ill patients (to sit separated from other patients by at least 2 meters) |
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Facility has a process to ensure patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 are placed in the appropriate isolation area |
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Facility has a process in place for immediate notification of facility leadership when a suspect case is identified |
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Facility has a process to notify local or state health department of a suspect case |
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3. Patient placement: |
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Confirm the number and location of available isolation rooms in the facility |
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Facility has an isolation room for patients with undiagnosed respiratory infection |
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If an appropriate isolation room is unavailable, facility has a designated dialysis station(s) at a corner or end-of-row, away from the main flow of traffic, separated by at least 2 meters from nearest patient (in all directions), to dialyze a masked symptomatic patient |
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Facility has a plan for cohorting patients and HCP if they are dialyzing multiple patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 [e.g. in the same section of the unit and/or on the same shift - consider the last shift of the day] |
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Facility has plans to minimize the number of HCP who enter the isolation dialysis room (or isolation station) (e.g., having dedicated HCP to care for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19) |
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4. Transmission-Based Precautions: |
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Facility has a procedure for supplying and assessing of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other infection prevention and control supplies (e.g. hand hygiene supplies) |
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Facility has a contingency plan to optimize PPE use during shortages |
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Facility is providing all staff with face covering or face masks that are to be worn at all times while in the facility |
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HCP receive appropriate training on selection and proper use of (including putting on and removing) PPE with a required demonstration of competency |
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Facility has a process for auditing HCP adherence to recommended PPE use |
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5. Movement of patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 within the dialysis facility: |
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Process of patient movement to the isolation room (isolation station) or other institutions when COVID-19 suspected or confirmed patients were reported within the dialysis facility |
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Patient will be asked to wear a facemask |
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6. Hand hygiene (HH): |
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HH supplies including alcohol-based hand sanitizer are readily accessible in patient care areas, including areas where HCP put on and remove PPE |
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Facility has a process for auditing HCP adherence to recommended hand hygiene practices |
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7. Environmental management: |
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Facility has a appropriate guideline to ensure proper cleaning and disinfection of environmental surfaces and equipment in the patient isolation room or station |
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All HCP in the dialysis facility understand the environmental management guideline and the instructions for use and contact time for selected products |
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Disinfectants used in dialysis facilities must be approved by health authorities |
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Facility uses disinfectants that are effective on bloodborne pathogens (HBV, HIV) |
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8. Monitoring and managing HCP: |
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Facility has sick leave policies for ill healthcare personnel (HCP) or those who reported they have symptoms to stay home |
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Facility has a process to conduct active-and/or self-monitoring of HCP |
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Facility has a process to conduct symptom and temperature checks of HCP prior to the start of the shift |
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9. Visitor access and movement within the dialysis facility: |
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Facility has a plan to restrict or monitor visitors from entering the facility |
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Visitors entering the facility will be required to wear a facemask at all times |
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Visitors are screened for symptoms of acute respiratory infection before entering the facility |
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10. Facility maintains situational awareness of COVID-19 at the national level: |
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Facility regularly monitors the situation on COVID-19 which are reported at the national level |
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Facility checks which institutions to contact within the local area that are available for treatment and hospitalization of COVID-19 patients |
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Facility maintains the system to cooperate with local health authorities |
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