Dialysis during Viral Outbreak

Severe infectious diseases like Coronaviruses (CoV), Ebola, etc are said to be public health emergencies and the outbreak of these diseases ends in tragically disruptive events. The prevalence of viral outbreaks among patients treated in hemodialysis facilities is five times higher than among the general population and predisposes the patients to serious consequences. One of the major reasons for the viral outbreak is inappropriate risk management. And the outbreaks are exacerbated when seen along with natural disasters, power outages, and civil disturbance. In the middle of the widespread of infectious diseases, Health Care Workers (HCW’s) experience a huge amount of contact with the patients and thus subject to substantial risks, these risks increase with shortage of HCW’s at the period of outbreak and become worse with lack of supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) and basic reserves such as power and water.

Complications Of Dialysis

From 7 decades we are treating renal failure patients with dialysis and we came across many complications of this procedure. In this post, we go through a few of the common complications of dialysis, how to avoid and treat these complications and improve the quality of life on dialysis.