Dialysis-Associated Infections

Data & Statistics for Dialysis-Associated Infections

These resources may be of use to healthcare professionals

• Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections Among Dialysis Patients, United States, 2005 MMWR March 9, 2007;56(09);197-199
• DSN - Dialysis Surveillance Network.
  General information about the DSN
• Electronic reporting of infections associated with hemodialysis
  Nephrology News June 2005 PDF (3 pages/301KB)
• New Surveillance System for Hemodialysis-Associated Infections- Initial Results.
  AJIC Aug 2002. PDF (8 pages/108KB)

National Surveillance Reports of Dialysis-Associated Diseases in the U.S.

• 2002 Report Seminars in Dialysis July 2005 PDF (10 pages/262KB)
• 2001 Report Seminars in Dialysis July 2004 PDF (10 pages/262KB)
• 2000 Report PDF (42 pages/264KB) (Accessible Version) PDF (42 pages/1393KB)
• 1999 Report PDF(46 pages/180KB)
• 1997 Report PDF (55 pages/117KB)

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