Zero healthcare-associated respiratory viral infections: impact of enhanced infection prevention on a renal unit during the COVID-19 pandemic

We read with interest the study by Thaunat et al. that identified significant excess mortality attributed to COVID-19 amongst dialysis patients.1 Indeed, the COVID-19 pandemic has provided the impetus for the introduction of strategies to optimise protection of hemodialysis patients from SARS-CoV-2.2 Outside the pandemic setting, however, patients with chronic-kidney-disease have significantly higher risk of nosocomial acquisition of other common respiratory-viral-infections (RVIs), with increased mortality and length-of-stay.

Source: Kidney International - March 2, 2021 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Liang En Wee, Chieh Suai Tan, Edwin Philip Conceicao, Indumathi Venkatachalam Tags: letters to the editor Source Type: research