AAKP HealthLine Coronavirus Webinars
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- Coronavirus and Kidney Patients Update - A CDC Expert Webinar hosted by AAKP (Click Here to Watch Now)
- Back to School: COVID-19 Considerations for Pediatric Kidney Patients & Kidney Patient Households (Click Here to Watch Now)
- Coronavirus and Kidney Patients - A CDC Expert Webinar hosted by AAKP (Click to Watch Now)
- Coronavirus and Transplant Patients: Get the Facts, Save a Life - Hosted by AAKP in partnership with American Society of Transplantation and American Society of Transplant Surgeons (Click to Watch Now)
- Taking Care of Your Dialysis Access During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Click here to Watch Now)
- Fighting Coronavirus Upstream - What Early Stage Kidney Disease Patients Need to Know (Click here to Watch Now)
- Telemedicine Utilization in the COVID-19 Era: What Patients Should Know (Click Here to Watch Now)
- VA Kidney Program's Response to COVID-19 (Click Here to Watch Now)
- Mental Health Management During COVID-19: Staying Connected while Staying at Home (Click Here to Watch)
- Nutrition & COVID-19: The Importance of Keeping it Kidney Friendly (Click Here to Watch)
- Clinical Trials: Expanding Opportunities for All Kidney Patients in the Midst of COVID-19 and Beyond (Click to Watch Now)
CORONAVIRUS RESOURCES
AAKP set-up this webpage to assist all kidney patients, their families and their friends, who are in need of credible, reliable and emerging data and information about Coronavirus (COVID-19). AAKP has the distinct honor of working with strategic partners at the Department of Health and Human Services, including, but not limited to, the FDA, CMMI, CMS, NIH, NIDDK, and the CDC. AAKP is an officially appointed member of the CDC Health Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). If you would like to suggest other reliable resources to post to this page, please contact Erin Kahle at ekahle@aakp.org
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U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) RESOURCES:
Centers for disease control and prevention (CDC) Resources:
- CDC - Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
- Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines for Healthcare Settings
- Steps Healthcare Facilities Can Take Now to Prepare
- People at Risk for Serious Illness
- Healthcare Infection Prevention and Control FAQs
- Videos
- Guidance for Infection Prevention and Control – Outpatient Hemodialysis Facilities
- Screening Dialysis Patients for COVID-19
- How Outpatient Facilities are Keeping Patients Safe
- Keeping Patients on Dialysis Safe
national instituteS of health (NIH) Resources:
Resources from AAKP Partners and Allies:
- ESRD Network Coordination Council - 11 Things You Can Do to Get Ready for a Kidney Transplant During COVID-19
- ESRD National Coordinating Center Quickinars - COVID-19: Stop the Spread of Germs and Protect Yourself & How Facilities Are Keeping Patients Safe From COVID-19
- U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs - Novel Coronavirus Disease webpage
- U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs - Mobile App: COVIDet Coach
- Northwest Kidney Centers - Quick Meals When You Are Stuck at Home
- UNOS - COVID-19 reactivation process for multiple kidney transplant candidates
- Be MedWise - Pandemic Tips for Treating Mild Symptoms with Over the Counter Medications
- American Society of Transplantation (AST)-CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19): FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FROM TRANSPLANT CANDIDATES AND RECIPIENTS
- COVID-19 Health Resources for Patients in Florida (PDF)
- American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology - What is COVID-19?
- Nephrologists Transforming Dialysis Safety (NTDS) COVID-19 webinars and other resources
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services – Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
- Virtually Perfect? Telemedicine for Covid-19 (NEJM)
- Action Learning Network: Pediatrics - What Parents and Caregivers should know
- Nephrology Journal Club Patient FAQs and resources on COVID-19
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Covid-19 Educational Booklet For Children - "We're Going To Be Ok"
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Dialysis Patient Citizens Webinar - What COVID-19 Means for Kidney Patients
Industry News on covid-19:
- AstraZeneca - AstraZeneca has made the commitment as a company to donate 9 million N-95 masks to healthcare workers worldwide. Read more…
- CareDx - CareDx Launches RemoTrac Home-Based Lab Monitoring of Transplant Patients
- Eurofins Transplant Genomics - Announcing Labs@HOME, an In-Home Mobile Phlebotomy Blood Draw Service for Post-Transplant Patient Testing During COVID-19
- Horizon - Horizon Therapeutics plc Donates $1.5 Million to COVID-19 Response Efforts in Illinois and Other Impacted U.S. and Global Communities
The Coronavirus Explained & What You Should Do - click here to watch video.
Hand-washing Steps Using the WHO Technique, John Hopkins Medicine - click here to watch video.
