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

A person in close contact without fever or respiratory symptoms should be subjected to hospitalized quarantine care or cohort isolation for 14 days from the last exposure. If cohort isolation is not available in the hemodialysis facility, the person in close contact should be transported to the designated hospital or regional hospital with a dialysis capacity and negative pressure isolation units. The patient should be monitored for the development of fever or respiratory symptoms during quarantine and should receive dialysis therapy in a single-occupancy isolation room with a portable dialysis machine. If no single isolation room is available for dialysis, the dialysis can be performed in the dialysis room after dialysis therapy of other patients. In the case of self-quarantine, transportation between the dialysis facility and home should be provided by the community health center and public transportation should be strictly prohibited. After the dialysis session, the dialysis room should be disinfected immediately and appropriately.