The Renal Network

The following resources are offered to assists ESRD facilities to meet federal regulations governing emergency preparedness and develop their own emergency preparedness plans.

Network Emergency Response Plan [PDF, 30KB]

The Kidney Community Emergency Response (KCER) Program has launched an exciting new website to address the needs of the kidney community in preparing for and responding to emergencies and disasters.

Manuals for Facilities

Emergency Preparedness for Dialysis Care Facilities: A Guide for Chronic Dialysis Facilities [PDF, 2.26MB]
Planning for Natural Disasters and Other Types of Emergencies: A Guide for Dialysis Facilities (NKF) [PDF, 1.07MB]
Hurricane-Related Information for Health Care Professionals

Manuals for Patients

Preparing for Emergencies: A Guide for People on Dialysis [PDF]
Preparese para Emergencias: Una guia para personas en dialisis [PDF]
Guide for Dialysis & Transplant Patients (Network 14) [PDF, 424KB]
Also available in Spanish [PDF, 424KB]
Infection Control for Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Patients

Emergency Dialysis Services Guidelines

Bringing Hemodialysis Facilities Water Systems Back on Line After a Disaster
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/watersystems.asp
Safe Use of Tanker Water for Dialysis
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/watertanker.asp
Guidelines for Dialysis Care Providers on Boil Water Advisories
http://www.cdc.gov/dialysis/guidelines/boil-water-advisory.html
Environmental Infection Control Guidelines for Healthcare Facilities
http://www.cdc.gov/hai/

State Emergency Management Offices

Aside from natural disasters, it is important to be alert to threats resulting from terrorist acts. The following links access the individual state agencies responsible for homeland security.

State Department of Health

Indiana - http://www.state.in.us/isdh

Illinois - http://www.idph.state.il.us/

Kentucky - http://chfs.ky.gov/dph/

Ohio - http://www.odh.ohio.gov/

Federal Emergency Management Offices

Ready America
Ready America is a national public service campaign designed to educate and empower Americans to prepare for and respond to emergencies including natural and man-made disasters. Visit the Ready America website http://www.ready.gov/ for natioanl, local and children's resources.

A Spanish language version of this site is available at http://www.ready.gov/translations/spanish/. Other languages are also available. Visit http://www.ready.gov/translations/ to see available other language resources.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Earthquakes:
http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/earthquakes/
Floods:
http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/floods/
Hurricanes:
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/index.asp
Worker Safety During Hurricane Cleanup:
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/workers.asp
Hurricane-Related Information for Health Care Professionals:
http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/hcp.asp
Tornados:
http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/tornadoes/index.asp
Health and Safety Concerns for All Disasters
http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/alldisasters.asp
Infection Control After a Disaster
http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/infectioncontrol.asp

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)

FEMA
http://www.fema.gov
FEMA for Kids Homepage
http://www.ready.gov/kids
Learn About the Types of Disasters
http://www.ready.gov/kids/games/data/dm-english/index.html

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Emergency Preparedness & Disaster Planning

The following resources are offered to assists ESRD facilities to meet federal regulations governing emergency preparedness and develop their own emergency preparedness plans.

Manuals for Facilities

Manuals for Patients

Emergency Dialysis Services Guidelines

State Emergency Management Offices

State Department of Health

Federal Emergency Management Offices

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)

Other links with helpful information: