Time for change? Lessons from a trial of the Dialysis Station Routine Disinfection Checklist

Authors – Peggy Bushey RN, CDN and Linda Fosher, RN with Renal Services and Sally Hess MPH, CIC, Infection Prevention at Fletcher Allen Health Care, Burlington Vermont. The risk of transmitting bloodborne pathogens, including hepatitis C virus, in a hemodialysis unit can be high due to environmental contamination with blood. Our clinic recently participated in […]