September 17, 2019 is the “first ever” UN World Health Organization’s World Patient Safety Day. For more information, see https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-patient-safety-day/2019, and for campaign materials, see https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-patient-safety-day/2019/campaign-materials. September 17 is also celebrated as International Patient Safety Day, for which this year’s theme is Safety Culture at All Levels; for details see https://patient-safety-day.org/index.html.
CDC will present a free September 25, 2019 continuing-education webinar in their Making Dialysis Safer for Patients series, on Innovations in Hand Hygiene. Find more information and register at https://cc.readytalk.com/registration/?deliveryName=USCDC_425-DHQP-DM8783#/?meeting=s0kigdo1jdcp&campaign=n97647mka0ws.
CROWNWeb has announced that a pdf and recording of the August CROWNWeb Town Hall is now available, at http://mycrownweb.org/events/. The August webinar covered an ESRD Systems Data Accuracy review, and Ultrafiltration. A date has not been announced for a September Town Hall, if there is to be one.
September 8-14, 2019 is Nephrology Nurses Week. Find celebratory tools and podcasts on ANNA’s website at https://www.annanurse.org/events/nephrology-nurses-week. The Renal Support Network has also produced a KidneyTalk podcast in honor of nephrology nurses; find it at http://archive.feedblitz.com/46606/~6650967/29747385/2b0d551092a237e80e837c62e5eff50d.
The Renal Support Network has added to their website a KidneyTalk audio presentation on Pets and Kidney Transplant Safety. Find it, along with their long list of prior podcasts, at https://www.rsnhope.org/kidneytalk/pets-kidney-transplant-safety/. Recent prior audios include Active Living/Travel, Are You at Risk – Just Diagnosed, and Emotion and Communication.
The Washington State Department of Health and CDC have signed a Data Use Agreement that allows WA DOH to routinely use NHSN data for surveillance and prevention. They have invited all Washington healthcare facilities to an October 16, 2019 webinar about this. Find more information and register at https://cc.readytalk.com/registration/#/?meeting=ain8mnvp5fqg&campaign=osmk7a2j7cjm.
An audio recording and transcript are available for the August 20 Medicare Learning Network Call on the ESRD QIP CY2020 ESRD PPS Proposed Rule. Find them at https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Outreach/NPC/National-Provider-Calls-and-Events-Items/2019-08-20-ESRD-QIP.html.
