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Home Dialysis Center Practices Survey

Form Approved
OMB No. 0920-0666
Exp. Date: 11/30/2019
www.cdc.gov/nhsn

Complete this survey as described in the Dialysis Event Protocol.
Instructions: This survey is only for dialysis centers that do not provide in-center hemodialysis. If your center
performs in-center hemodialysis, please complete the Outpatient Dialysis Center Practices Survey. Complete one
survey per center. Surveys are completed for the current year. It is strongly recommended that the survey is
completed in February of each year by someone who works in the center and is familiar with current practices
within the center. Complete the survey based on the actual practices at the center, not necessarily the center
policy, if there are differences. Please submit your responses to the questions in this survey electronically by
logging into your NHSN facility.
*required to save as complete

Facility ID #: ____________________________
*ESRD Network #: ______________
A. Dialysis Center Information

*Survey Year: ______________

A.1. General
*1.
What is the ownership of your dialysis center? (choose one)
 Government
 Not for profit
 For profit
*2.
*3.

*4.

What is the location/hospital affiliation of your dialysis center? (choose one)
 Freestanding
 Hospital based
 Freestanding but owned by a hospital
Is your facility accredited by an organization other than CMS?
Yes
No
a. If yes, specify (choose one)
 Joint Commission
 National Dialysis Accreditation
 Other (specify)______________
Commission (NDAC)
a. What types of dialysis services does your center offer? (select all that apply)
 Peritoneal dialysis
 Home hemodialysis
b. What patient population does your center serve? (select one)
 Adult only
 Pediatric only
 Mixed: adult and pediatric

*5.
*6.
*7.

Is your center part of a group or chain of dialysis centers?
a. If yes, what is the name of the group or chain? ____________________________
Do you (the person primarily responsible for completing this survey) perform patient care in
the dialysis center or in the homes of patients cared for by this center?
Does your center provide dialysis services within long-term care facilities (e.g., staffassisted dialysis in nursing homes or skilled nursing facilities; not long-term acute care
hospitals)?
a. If yes, in how many long-term care facilities? ______________________

 Yes

 No

 Yes

 No

 Yes

 No

A.2. Surveillance
*8.

*9.

Which of the following infections in your peritoneal dialysis patients does your center routinely track?
(select all that apply)
 Peritonitis
 Exit site infection
Tunnel infection
 Other (specify)_______________
Which of the following events in your home hemodialysis patients does your center routinely track?
(select all that apply)
 Bloodstream infection
 Needle/access dislodgement
 Other (specify)_____________
 Vascular access site
 Air embolism
infection
 Catheter breakage or bloodline separation

Assurance of Confidentiality: The voluntarily provided information obtained in this surveillance system that would permit identification of any individual or institution is
collected with a guarantee that it will be held in strict confidence, will be used only for the purposes stated, and will not otherwise be disclosed or released without the
consent of the individual, or the institution in accordance with Sections 304, 306 and 308(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 USC 242b, 242k, and 242m(d)).
Public reporting burden of this collection of information is estimated to average 25 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing
data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a
person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or
any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to CDC, Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Rd., MS D-74, Atlanta, GA
30333, ATTN: PRA (0920-0666).

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*10.

If a patient from your center was hospitalized, how often is your center able to determine if a bloodstream
infection contributed to their hospital admission?
Always
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
N/A – not pursued

*11.

How often is your center able to obtain a patient’s microbiology lab records from a hospitalization?
Always
Often Sometimes
Rarely
Never
N/A – not pursued

Please respond to the following questions based on information from your center for the first week of February
(applies to current or most recent February relative to current date).
B. Patient and staff census
 Yes

 No

*12.

Was your center operational during the first week of February?

*13.

How many dialysis PATIENTS were assigned to your center during the first week of February? ________
Of these, indicate the number who received:
a. Peritoneal dialysis:
_________
b. Home hemodialysis:
_________

*14.

How many PATIENT CARE staff (full time, part time, or affiliated with) worked in your center during the first
week of February? Include only staff who had direct contact with dialysis patients or equipment: _________
Of these, how many were in each of the following categories?
a. Nurse/nurse assistant:
_________
b. Dialysis patient-care technician: _________
c. Dialysis biomedical technician:
_________
d. Social worker:
_________
e. Dietitian:
_________
f. Physicians/physician assistant:
_________
g. Nurse practitioner:
_________
h. Other:
_________

C. Vaccines
*15.

Of the dialysis patients counted in question 13, how many received:
a. At least 3 doses of hepatitis B vaccine (ever)? ________
b. The influenza (flu) vaccine for the current/most recent flu season? ________
c. At least one dose of pneumococcal vaccine (ever)? ________

*16.

Of the home hemodialysis patients counted in question 13b, how many received:
a. At least 3 does of hepatitis B vaccine (ever)? ___________
b. The influenza (flu) vaccine for the current/most recent flu season? ________
c. At least one dose of pneumococcal vaccine (ever)? _________

*17.

Of the patient care staff members counted in question 14, how many received:
a. At least 3 doses of hepatitis B vaccine (ever)? ________
b. The influenza (flu) vaccine for the current/most recent flu season? ________

*18.

Which type of pneumococcal vaccine does your center offer to patients? (choose one)
 Polysaccharide (i.e., PPSV23) only
 Conjugate (e.g., PCV13) only
 Both polysaccharide & conjugate
 Neither offered

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D. Screening
*19.
Does your center routinely screen patients for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) upon initiation of care?
a. Peritoneal patients
b. Home hemodialysis patients
*20.

*21.

 Yes
 Yes

 No
 No

Does your center routinely screen patients for hepatitis C antibody (anti-HCV) upon initiation of care?
a. Peritoneal patients
 Yes
 No
b. Home hemodialysis patients
 Yes
 No
Does your center routinely screen patients for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) upon initiation of care?
a. Peritoneal patients
b. Home hemodialysis patients

 Yes
 Yes

 No
 No

E. Prevention Activities
*22.

Is your center actively participating in any of the following prevention initiatives (select all that apply):
 CDC Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition – facility-level participation
 CDC Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition – corporate- or other organization-level participation
 The Standardizing Care to improve Outcomes in Pediatric End Stage Renal Disease (SCOPE)
Collaborative Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter-related Infection Project
 SCOPE Collaborative Hemodialysis Access-related Infection Project
 None of the above

In the past year, has your center’s medical director participated in a leadership or educational
activity as part of the American Society of Nephrology’s (ASN) Nephrologists Transforming
Dialysis Safety (NTDS) Initiative?
F. Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters
*23.

*24.

For peritoneal dialysis catheters, is antimicrobial ointment routinely applied to the
 Yes
exit site during dressing change?
a. If yes, what type of ointment is most commonly used? (select one)
 Gentamicin
 Bacitracin/polymyxin B (e.g., Polysporin®)
 Mupirocin
 Bacitracin/neomycin/polymyxin B (triple antibiotic)
 Povidone-iodine
 Bacitracin/gramicidin/polymyxin B (Polysporin® Triple)
 Other, specify: ___________________________

 Yes

 No

 No

G. Vascular Access
G.1. General Vascular Access Information
*25.

Of the home hemodialysis patients from question 13b, how many received dialysis through each of the
following access types during the first week of February?
a. AV fistula: ________
b. AV graft: ________
c. Tunneled central line: ________
d. Nontunneled central line: ________
e. Other vascular access device (e.g., catheter-graft hybrid): ________

G.2. Arteriovenous (AV) Fistulas or Grafts
*26.

Before prepping the fistula or graft site for rope-ladder cannulation, what is the site most often cleansed with?
 Soap and water  Alcohol-based hand rub  Antiseptic wipes  Other, specify: ______  Nothing

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Before rope-ladder cannulation of a fistula or graft, what is the site most often prepped with?
(select the one most commonly used)
 Alcohol
 Chlorhexidine without alcohol
 Chlorhexidine with alcohol (e.g., Chloraprep®, PDI Prevantics®)
 Povidone-iodine (or tincture of iodine)
 Sodium hypochlorite solution (e.g., ExSept®, Alcavis) without alcohol
 Sodium hypochlorite solution (e.g., ExSept®, Alcavis) followed by alcohol
 Other, specify: _________________
 Nothing
a. What form of this skin antiseptic is used to prep fistula/graft sites?
 Multiuse bottle (e.g., poured onto gauze)  Pre-packaged swabstick/spongestick
 Pre-packaged pad
 Other, specify: _________________
 N/A
*28.
How many of your fistula patients undergo buttonhole cannulation?
 All
 Most
 Some
 None
*29.
Is antimicrobial ointment (e.g. mupirocin) routinely used at buttonhole cannulation sites to  Yes
 No
prevent infection?
G.3. Hemodialysis Catheters
*30.
Are patients who receive hemodialysis through a central venous catheter permitted in
 Yes
 No
your home hemodialysis program?
*31.
Before accessing the hemodialysis catheter, what are the catheter hubs most commonly prepped with?
(select the one most commonly used)
 Alcohol
 Chlorhexidine without alcohol
 Chlorhexidine with alcohol (e.g., Chloraprep®, PDI Prevantics®)
 Povidone-iodine (or tincture of iodine)
 Sodium hypochlorite solution (e.g., ExSept®, Alcavis) without alcohol
 Sodium hypochlorite solution (e.g., ExSept®, Alcavis) followed by alcohol
 Other, specify: _________________
 Nothing
a. What form of this antiseptic/disinfectant is used to prep the catheter hubs?
 Multiuse bottle (e.g., poured onto gauze)
 Pre-packaged swabstick/spongestick
 Pre-packaged pad
 Other, specify: _________________
 N/A
*32.
Are catheter hubs routinely scrubbed after the cap is removed and before accessing the
 Yes
 No
catheter (or before accessing the catheter via a needleless connector device, if one is used)?
*33.
When the catheter dressing is changed, what is the exit site (i.e., place where the catheter enters the skin) most
commonly prepped with? (select the one most commonly used)
 Alcohol
 Chlorhexidine without alcohol
 Chlorhexidine with alcohol (e.g., Chloraprep®, PDI Prevantics®)
 Povidone-iodine (or tincture of iodine)
 Sodium hypochlorite solution (e.g., ExSept®, Alcavis) without alcohol
 Sodium hypochlorite solution (e.g., ExSept®, Alcavis) followed by alcohol
 Other, specify: _________________
 Nothing
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 Multiuse bottle (e.g., poured onto gauze)
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G.3. Hemodialysis Catheters (continued)
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For hemodialysis catheters, is antimicrobial ointment routinely applied to the exit site during dressing change?
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 Bacitracin/gramicidin/polymyxin B (Polysporin® Triple)
 Bacitracin/polymyxin B (e.g., Polysporin®)
 Bacitracin/neomycin/polymyxin B (triple antibiotic)
 Other, specify: _________________

 Gentamicin
 Mupirocin
 Povidone-iodine

*35.

Are antimicrobial lock solutions used to prevent hemodialysis catheter infections?
 Yes, for all catheter patients
 Yes, for some catheter patients
 No
a. If yes, which lock solution is most commonly used? (select one)
 Sodium citrate
 Taurolidine
 Gentamicin
 Ethanol
 Vancomycin
 Multi-component lock solution or other, specify: _________________

*36.

Are needleless closed connector devices (e.g., Tego®, Q-Syte™) used on your patients’
hemodialysis catheters?

*37.

Are any of the following routinely used for your hemodialysis catheter patients? (select all that apply)
Chlorhexidine dressing (e.g., Biopatch®, Tegaderm™ CHG)
 Yes
Other antimicrobial dressing (e.g., silver-impregnated)
 Yes
Antiseptic-impregnated catheter cap/port protector:
3M™ Curos™ Disinfecting Port Protectors
 Yes
ClearGuard® HD end caps
 Yes
Antimicrobial-impregnated hemodialysis catheters
 Yes

*38.

No

No
No
No
No
No

Does your center provide hemodialysis catheter patients with supplies to allow for changing catheter dressings at
home?
 Yes, routinely for all or most
patients with a catheter

*39.

 Yes

 Yes, only for select patients with a
catheter

 No

a. Does your center educate patients with hemodialysis catheters on how to shower with the catheter? (select
the best response)
 Yes, routinely for all or most patients with a
 No, patients with hemodialysis catheters are
catheter
instructed against showering
 Yes, only for select patients with a catheter

 No, education and instructions are not provided
on this topic
b. Does your center provide hemodialysis catheter patients with a protective catheter cover (e.g.,
Shower Shield®, Cath Dry™) to allow them to shower?

 Yes, routinely for all or most patients with a catheter
 Yes, only for select patients with a catheter
 No

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