Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Pandemic Preparedness for Kidney Patients and Providers

Over the past few years, the KCER Coalition's Pandemic Preparedness Response Team has worked diligently developing information and resources for pandemic planning for the kidney community. Their webpage (www.kcercoalition.com/pandemic.htm) is filled with free resources to help patients prepare themselves and to assist dialysis facilities in developing their pandemic plans.

Some documents of interest are:

PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS: MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW

PANDEMIC FLU PLANNING CHECKLIST FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AND THEIR FAMILIES

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DEVELOPING A DIALYSIS FACILITY PANDEMIC PLANNING CHECKLIST