| Theme | Dealing with infections in hemodialysis facilities | |
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| Title | Designing dialysis facilities aimed at infection control | |
| Publish Date | 2018/06 | |
| Author | Kaoru Abe | Department of Clinical Engineering, Division of Health Science, Gunma Paz University |
| Author | Takashi Shibamoto | Department of Clinical Engineering, Division of Health Science, Gunma Paz University |
| [ Summary ] | We investigated the important points to consider in designing dialysis facilities to achieve infection control. Of note, hemodialysis involves invasive medical practices that require the establishment of long-term extracorporeal circulation. This therapy is usually performed in outpatient clinics. Furthermore, it involves intensive treatment administered within a short time span with a relatively large number of staff and patients moving within a limited space. Hemodialysis therapy is necessarily long-term treatment, which therefore requires that patients be provided a comfortable space. At the sometime, the dialysis room needs to be designed accordingly considering countermeasures against infection, emergencies, and disasters. Important points that must be considered with respect to infection control involve determining possible routes of infection, separation of clean and unclean zones including patient and staff flow lines, and securing an optimal work space for the administration of safe and appropriate treatment. |
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