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Kidney Community Emergency Response (KCER)
Assists ESRD Networks, Medicare organizations, and others to ensure efficient disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.
About the Networks
Under the direction of CMS, the ESRD Network Program consists of a national network of 18 ESRD Networks, responsible for each U.S. state, territory, and the District of Columbia.
- Getting Creative to Break Down Barriers to Dialysis Care in the Nursing Home
- Decreasing Peritonitis for Patients Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis in the Nursing Home
- Sample Infection Prevention and Quality Control Improvement Plan
- Hand Sanitizer Audit Tool
- Hand Sanitizer Audit Tool (Spanish)
- Decreasing Long-Term Catheter (LTC) Infections for Patients Receiving Hemodialysis in the Nursing Home
- NHSN Registration Videos
- Getting Creative to Break Down Barriers to Home Dialysis
- Understanding Home Hemodialysis (HHD) as an Option
- Understanding Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) as an Option
- Universal Staff Education
- Nephrologist Roundtable
- Peritoneal Dialysis: Another Option
- Peritoneal Dialysis: Another Option (Spanish)
- Home Dialysis Heroes Program
- Decreasing Dialysis Patient-Provider Conflict (DPC) Revised Modules, April 2024
- Decreasing Dialysis Patient-Provider Conflict (DPC) Toolkit
- Decreasing Dialysis Patient-Provider Conflict: December 2022 Addendum
- Dialysis Staff—Managing Retaliation
- Help Patients Understand Their Role in QAPI
- Help Patients Understand Their Role in QAPI (Spanish)
- Patient Engagement in Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI)
- Module Part 2: Overcoming Barriers With QAPI
- Module Part 3: Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) Self-Survey
- Creating a Life Plan
- Module Part 2: Assisting Patients With Life Planning
- Module Part 3: Helping Patients Stay on Track With Their Life Plans
- Prepare an Emergency Kit Inspirational Poster
- Learn an Emergency Diet Inspirational Poster
- Getting Creative to Break Down Barriers to Transplant
- Better Than Dialysis Kidneys
- Better Than Dialysis Inspirational Poster
- Understanding the Journey from Referral to Transplant Waitlisting
- ESRD Treatment Choices Learning Collaborative
- Medicare Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Transplant Services
- Medicare Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Transplant Services (Spanish)
- Transplant Trailblazer Program
- Be Transplant Ready Inspirational Poster
- 2024 Research of Most Appropriate Vaccinations for Dialysis Patients
- Getting Creative to Break Down Barriers to Vaccinations
COVID-19
Flu
- What You Need to Know About the Flu Vaccine
- Get Your Flu Shot: Not Flu (Video)
- Roll Up Your Sleeve for Your Annual Flu Vaccine (Video)
- What Should You Do If You Get Flu? (Video)
- Key Facts About Flu Vaccines (Video)
- Get Your Shot: Not Flu (Flyer)
- Get Your Shot: Not Flu (Poster)
- Custom — Get Your Shot: Not Flu (Flyer)
- Custom — Get Your Shot: Not Flu (Poster)
- Get Your Shot: Not Flu (Spanish Flyer)
- Get Your Shot: Not Flu (Spanish Poster)
- Custom — Get Your Shot: Not Flu (Spanish Flyer)
- Custom — Get Your Shot: Not Flu (Spanish Poster)
- A Strong Defense Against Flu | Spanish
- Make a Strong Flu Recommendation
- Fight Flu Poster | Spanish
- Flu Vaccine: Get the Facts
- Take 3 Actions to Fight Flu Brochure
- Take 3 Actions to Fight Flu Poster
