5 WAYS to keep your ESRD patients at home during the COVID-19 Pandemic

5 WAYS to keep your ESRD patients at home during the COVID-19 Pandemic

1: CHOOSE PERITONEAL DIALYSIS FOR YOUR ESRD PATIENTS FOR ITS SAFETY ADVANTAGES

  • ~80% of ESRD patients are medically appropriate to stay home with PD1
  • Home dialysis can provide life-sustaining therapy while reducing the risk of exposure to viral infections by minimizing visits to the dialysis facility2
  • Enabling more patients to dialyze at home can keep your team safe too, by reducing the strain on resources and minimizing their exposure to infected patients

2: YOU CAN NOW DO ESRD TREATMENT OPTIONS EDUCATION REMOTELY!

  • Encourage your patients to use www.pdempowers.com to learn about dialysis at their own pace
  • Your patients can be matched with a NKF-trained peer mentor by calling 855.NKF.PEERS or visiting kidney.org/peersmentee-baxter

3: USE REMOTE PATIENT MANAGEMENT TO VIEW YOUR PD PATIENTS’ TREATMENT DATA ON-DEMAND

Remote patient management enables IMPROVED PATIENT OUTCOMES for PD patients, such as reduced hospitalization, which allow hospitals and clinics to reduce costs and redirect resources.3

4: CONSIDER AN EMBEDDED PD CATHETER IMPLANTATION PROGRAM

What is an embedded catheter? It’s about planning ahead – proactive preparation for PD with catheter placement before it’s needed to avoid potential bottle-necks

Good news is that CMS guidelines call for dialysis access, including PD catheter placement, to be essential, non-elective surgery.

5: CONSIDER INCREMENTAL PD FOR YOUR PLANNED STARTS AND EASE THE TRANSITION TO DIALYSIS

Did you know that in a recent Baxter study with 30 nephrologists, over 50% state that they use incremental PD to better plan their patients’ start on dialysis and avoid them crashing unexpectedly, and 60% of nephrologists start incremental PD patients on APD?4

"[My IPD patients] use the cycler at night every day – you want them to get into the habit"

Choose PD as an option for your ESRD patients

Call 1-800-284-4060 to get connected with your Vantive sales
representative who can assist you with additional home therapy resources.

References

  1. Mendelssohn DC, et al. A prospective evaluation of renal replacement therapy modality eligibility. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2009; 24(2):555-561. 

  2. Martin DE, et al. Ethics of kidney care in the era of COVID-19. Kidney Int. 2020;98(6):1424-1433.

  3. Sanabria M, et al. Remote Patient Monitoring Program in Automated Peritoneal Dialysis: Impact on Hospitalizations. Peritoneal Dialysis International 2019 (Targeted, submitted), N.a., 1-33.

  4. Baxter Market Research, November 2020.