Middle East respiratory syndrome clinical practice guideline for hemodialysis facilities

Park, Hayne Cho; Lee, Young-Ki; Lee, Sang-Ho; Yoo, Kyung Don; Jeon, Hee Jung; Ryu, Dong-Ryeol; Kim, Seong Nam; Sohn, Seung Hwan; Chun, Rho Won; Choi, Kyu Bok

If a suspected or confirmed MERS-CoV patient is detected in the hemodialysis facility, health-care workers should put a mask on the patient and transport the patient to an isolated room. At the same time, the local community health center or infection control division in the hospital should be informed about the event. In principle, a patient with suspected or confirmed MERS-CoV infection should be transported to the designated hospital or a regional hospital with dialysis capacity in an isolation room. The local community health center together with the national agency should plan and manage patient transportation. If the hospital that is affected with a MERS outbreak has the capacity for isolation care, a suspected or confirmed MERS-CoV patient should be given dialysis in a single-occupancy negative pressure isolation room with a portable dialysis machine.