Initial impact of COVID-19 on Dialysis provision; review of international guidelines and adaptation of a hub unit’s service

Initial impact of COVID-19 on Dialysis provision

Review of international guidelines and adaptation of a hub unit’s service

Terry Simons, Andrew MacGlashan, Christopher Goldsmith, Harsha Wodeyar KS, Dr Kottarathil A Abraham

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT

The COVID-19 pandemic has put a strain on many aspects of health care including the provision of dialysis. Two categories of patients have had the greatest impact on dialysis capacity. Those with COVID-19 related acute kidney injury and those chronic dialysis patients who required isolation or cohort dialysis because of the pandemic.

The team at Aintree have shared their review of international guidelines and adaptation of their unit's service