This monthly communication is part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Improvement Goals for Hospitalization, Vaccination and Patient and Family Engagement. Each month, Qsource ESRD Networks will share specific resources and interventions to help you meet the CMS goals at your facility. Use these tools and resources in your facilities to implement and support sustainable change among your staff and patients.
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Reduce Hospital Admissions, Readmissions, and Outpatient Emergency Visits
Signs of Infection and Sepsis at Home
Sepsis can be life threatening for dialysis patients. Educating patients on signs and symptoms of sepsis and steps they can take to increase infection control is essential. Use the tool Signs of Infection and Sepsis at Home to help protect your patients from sepsis.
Knowing when to administer pneumococcal vaccinations is important. Download the Pneumococcal Vaccine Timing Worksheet to better understand vaccination recommendations.
Pneumococcal Disease
in Adults
Use this Pneumococcal Fact Sheet from CDC to learn more about signs and symptoms of this serious disease, and get answers to common questions about pneumococcal vaccination for adults.
This material was prepared by Qsource, an End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Network under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Views expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the official views or policy of CMS or HHS, and any reference to a specific product or entity herein does not constitute endorsement of that product or entity by CMS or HHS. 22.Q-ESRD.01.002
