According to Vnexpress, dialysis patients often have many background diseases, frequent hospital visits, dialysis rooms using air conditioners ... high risk of nCoV infection.

The intrinsic factors by the patient himself are available, can not be changed. Hemodialysis patients are often older, over 60 years old with many underlying diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic lung, hepatitis, cirrhosis, cancer ... Patients with resistance weak, weak immunity caused by kidney failure, so susceptible to infections and serious infections are prone to complications.

External Factors That Are Affecting

- Hemodialysis patients must be admitted to the hospital for dialysis 2-3 times a week. Hospital environment is susceptible to infectious diseases. Patients should be in contact with medical personnel, other patients should be easily cross-contagious.

- The dialysis room environment often uses air conditioners, closed rooms and poor air circulation. In the current conditions of Vietnam, dialysis centers are always crowded, overloaded, and dialysis beds are close to each other, so it is easy to spread the infection.

- Risk of infection from caregivers. The elderly patients who do not live by themselves have to take care of them, take a bath, take personal hygiene, take them to the hospital, feed and drink ... Carers can become asymptomatic and become sources of infection. for dialysis patients.

In Vietnam, an estimated 5 million people with kidney failure and 8,000 new patients each year. About 800,000 people with end-stage renal failure require dialysis, accounting for 0.1% of the population.

Data of the authors F. He and G. Xu in Wuhan, China, during the outbreak, up to 10% of dialysis patients at artificial kidney centers infected with nCoV.

10 things outpatient hemodialysis patients should be noted in the pandemic

1. Actively self-isolated at home, restricting or not having direct contact with outside, even family members such as children and grandchildren because these people often go out and come into contact with the outside environment. Rooms should be well ventilated, open windows, use fans in the hot season, do not use air conditioning.
2. Actively declare health, contact history, whether the living area is isolated or not for guidance and assistance. Absolutely do not hide this information. Hospitals have a plan to deal with patients infected with nCoV on dialysis.
3. Immediately inform the artificial kidney staff for symptoms such as fever, sore throat, shortness of breath, body aches, and smelling of odorless smell. Patients are assured that dialysis will be scheduled as the hospital has a separate dialysis zone for those suspected or infected.
4. Move to a dialysis hospital, use a personal vehicle such as a motorbike or family car with the car door open. Always wear a mask when going to dialysis.
5. In the dialysis room always wear a mask, minimize talking. Do not eat, drink or bring any personal belongings to the dialysis room. When coughing or sneezing, it is necessary to cover the mouth, cough, wipe the mouth with a tissue and put in plastic bags into medical waste. The dialysis room should ensure hygiene, cleanliness, air circulation by exhaust fan, air conditioner and open windows.
6. After dialysis, go straight home, wash your clothes immediately in the hospital, take a warm bath and wear new clothes.
7. Sunbathing 30 minutes every morning daily, personal items such as clothes, blankets need sun exposure.
8. Follow the diet for dialysis patients, avoid drinking too much water in the hot season, hyperkalemia due to eating more fruits.
9. Minimize inpatient hospitalization during the epidemic phase.
10. Contact health workers by phone with dialysis centers, regularly report on health status, counseling on drug use, diet. Limiting access to hospitals for medical examination, only examination when absolutely necessary.

Source Vnexpress.net

Safe Dialysis System and procedure at City International Hospital

Patient Safety during dialysis is one of the top criteria at City International Hospital's Dialysis Department.

To ensure safety during hemodialysis, doctors and nurses always monitor the health of the disease during dialysis. To achieve high efficiency and safety, the hospital uses not only standard RO water but also the most comfortable and effective dialysis procedure for patients.

During the Covid-19 season, City International Hospital strictly implemented all measures to screen guests as soon as they entered the hospital gate. Because patients with renal failure have poor resistance, the protection of health and safety for patients on dialysis in particular and all other patients in general are top of the hospital management.

Safety during dialysis: the first criterion of the Dialysis Department.

Hemodialysis equipment of high quality

The only kidney unit of City International Hospital - B.Braun in Vietnam is the combination of B.Braun Group - Germany - the world's leading manufacturer of hemodialysis equipment with the International Hospital. City - experienced team in treatment and care of dialysis patients.

• Using new generation filters Xevonta Hi for the best filtration performance today.
• Ultra-pure dialysis with Diacap Ultra filter.
• GE water treatment system - USA. The quality of dialysis water according to AAMI (USA) standard is tested every 3 months.
• Use a dialysis machine specifically for patients with hepatitis.

Currently, City International Hospital has not received any cases of Covid-19 infection. Please rest assured to examine and treat.

Examination of the Renal System at City International Hospital 

Physicians and Specialists in Internal Medicine and  Dialysis at City International Hospital has many years of experience in examination and treatment of kidney and artificial kidney diseases such as: diabetic kidney, renal failure, nephrotic syndrome, infection urine, hematuria, examination edema. In addition, the hospital's Dialysis Center doctors specialize in nutrition, advocacy for patients who need Dialysis, Hemodialysis and plan long-term effective treatment for patients.

Exam time: Monday - Friday Morning (07:30 – 11:30).

Meet the team at CIH-BBraun Hemodialysis Center

• Duong Thi Thanh Tam, MD, MMed - Head of Hemodialysis Unit
• Le Ngoc Tran, I, MD - Nephrologist

City International Hospital

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