Safety
PD allows patients to dialyze at home and minimize the risk of viral infections1-3
Enhancing quality of care
HD patients are > 60% more likely to be infected with COVID-19
This increased risk is due to the proximity of dialyzing with others and frequency of in-center dialysis1
Home dialysis can provide life-sustaining therapy while reducing the risk of exposure to viral infections by minimizing visits to the dialysis facility2
Dialysis patients more prone to develop severe infectious diseases vs the general population3
Dialysis at home is protective
Patients with kidney failure have the highest hospital admission rates out of all Medicare beneficiaries with over 11,200 COVID-19 hospitalizations4
The rate of COVID-19 hospitalization among patients undergoing hemodialysis was generally between 3 and 4 times higher than among patients performing peritoneal dialysis4
The difference in hospitalization rates between PD vs ICHD suggests that the home setting is protective, despite all the efforts to prevent disease transmission in the outpatient dialysis facility
Peritoneal dialysis was consistently associated with lower weekly incidence of COVID-19 diagnosis and hospitalization than hemodialysis5
