Prevention and Treatment of Hemodialysis‐Related Bloodstream Infections

Despite improvements in the delivery of care, the annual all-cause mortality rate for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients is still around 220 deaths per 1000 at risk patient-years. Infection-related causes are second only to cardiovascular events as a cause for mortality among ESRD patients. Almost two-thirds of all ESRD patients will require hemodialysis and they are at the highest risk for bloodstream infections. An effective method for...