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Recommended Precautions for Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis Who Have AIDS or Non-A, Non-B Hepatitis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Martin S. Favero
Martin S. Favero*
Affiliation:
Hospital Infections Program, Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Nosocomial Infections Laboratory Branch, Hospital Infections Program, Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333
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Precautions used for dialysis patients who have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or non-A, non-B hepatitis are based on infection control strategies developed for the control of hepatitis B in dialysis centers. Specificially, these recommendations include identifying infected patients; isolating (except for non-A, non-B hepatitis patients) patients, and separating staff, and equipment; applying blood precautions and aseptic techniques; and using good environmental control procedures. AIDS patients can be safely dialyzed by either hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis in hospital-based or free-standing centers, or at home without risk of AIDS transmission to other patients or to staff members, if precautions that have been developed for the control of hepatitis B infection in dialysis units are employed. Further, the type of dialysis treatment, or modality, should be based on the needs of the patient and not on a fear of risk of disease transmission.

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Editorial Comment
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 6 , Issue 8 , August 1985 , pp. 301 - 305
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1985

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