Quality Insights Podcast

Spotlight on Sepsis: Understanding The Vulnerability of Patients Receiving Dialysis

June 27, 2024 Quality Insights
Spotlight on Sepsis: Understanding The Vulnerability of Patients Receiving Dialysis
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Quality Insights Podcast
Spotlight on Sepsis: Understanding The Vulnerability of Patients Receiving Dialysis
Jun 27, 2024
Quality Insights

This week’s episode discusses sepsis prevention for nursing home residents undergoing dialysis. The session will include an overview of practices aimed at reducing infection risks and will address strategies for identifying sepsis. Additionally, the webinar will cover infection prevention measures specific to dialysis treatments, with the goal of ensuring safer dialysis care in nursing home settings.

 We're joined by Jennifer Brown, RN, BSN, CIC, Infection Preventionist at Quality Insights QIN-QIO; and Katelynn Booth, MSN, RN, CPHQ, Quality Improvement Specialist at Quality Insights ESRD Network 5.  

 Check out our other interviews by visiting https://www.qualityinsights.org/ qin/multimedia 

 This material was prepared by Quality Insights, a Quality Innovation Network - Quality Improvement Organization under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Views expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the official views or policy of CMS or HHS, and any reference to a specific product or entity herein does not constitute endorsement of that product or entity by CMS or HHS. Publication number 12SOW-QI-GEN-062724-CC-A

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This week’s episode discusses sepsis prevention for nursing home residents undergoing dialysis. The session will include an overview of practices aimed at reducing infection risks and will address strategies for identifying sepsis. Additionally, the webinar will cover infection prevention measures specific to dialysis treatments, with the goal of ensuring safer dialysis care in nursing home settings.

 We're joined by Jennifer Brown, RN, BSN, CIC, Infection Preventionist at Quality Insights QIN-QIO; and Katelynn Booth, MSN, RN, CPHQ, Quality Improvement Specialist at Quality Insights ESRD Network 5.  

 Check out our other interviews by visiting https://www.qualityinsights.org/ qin/multimedia 

 This material was prepared by Quality Insights, a Quality Innovation Network - Quality Improvement Organization under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Views expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the official views or policy of CMS or HHS, and any reference to a specific product or entity herein does not constitute endorsement of that product or entity by CMS or HHS. Publication number 12SOW-QI-GEN-062724-CC-A