key: cord-0720122-k6h7wcog
authors: Moura-Neto, José A.; de Abreu, Andrea Pio; Delfino, Vinicius Daher Alvares; Misael, Ana Maria; D’Avila, Ronaldo; da Silva, Dirceu Reis; Andreoli, Maria Claudia Cruz; Kraychete, Angiolina; Bastos, Kleyton; do Nascimento, Marcelo Mazza
title: Good Practice Recommendations from the Brazilian Society of Nephrology to Dialysis Units Concerning the Pandemic of the New Coronavirus (Covid-19)
date: 2020-08-26
journal: J Bras Nefrol
DOI: 10.1590/2175-8239-jbn-2020-s105
sha: f9811eb99c62be0cc27d015fbdb5b61a43efe84f
doc_id: 720122
cord_uid: k6h7wcog

Dialysis units are environments potentially prone to the spread of Covid-19. Patients cannot suspend treatment, and they often have comorbidities, which assigns them a higher risk and worse prognosis. The Brazilian Society of Nephrology prepared this document of good practices, whose technical recommendations deal with general measures that can be implemented to reduce the risk of transmission and prevent the spread of the disease in the unit.

Dialysis units are environments potentially prone to the spread of Covid-19. Patients cannot suspend treatment, and they often have comorbidities, which assigns them a higher risk and worse prognosis. The Brazilian Society of Nephrology prepared this document of good practices, whose technical recommendations deal with general measures that can be implemented to reduce the risk of transmission and prevent the spread of the disease in the unit.

Covid In view of the epidemiological scenario and scientific advances, the SBN updated its recommendations, which are technical indications of good practices and must be adapted to the context and local reality, depending on adequate funding by public managers. The SBN has been striving in search of resources for renal replacement therapy in Brazil at this time of the pandemic.

There is still a scarcity of well-established data on the behavior of the virus and the natural history of the disease, 1 so any changes to this document may be necessary due to other scientific evidence that may appear. The proposed measures serve to inform and alert, preventing the spread of the virus and promoting preservation of care to the population with Chronic Kidney Disease undergoing dialysis treatment.

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