Speak Up: Making Dialysis Safer for Patients

What is your role in preventing infections?

The Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition and the American Association of Kidney Patients have released a new video for patients on dialysis and dialysis staff about the importance of speaking up to prevent infections and improve patient safety. Infections are serious and sometimes life-threatening, but together we can do something to stop them.

Together, Melissa Bensouda and Dana Clay have over 40 years of experience as patients on dialysis. In the video, they share their infection prevention journeys and why they now have no problem speaking up about their dialysis treatment concerns, in order to prevent infections.

Hear from dialysis technician and Coalition educator Stephanie Booth about the importance of creating an environment in which patients feel comfortable speaking up.

This video is an important tool for raising awareness about the need for dialysis staff to engage patients in the infection prevention conversation.

Use this new comic, along with the video, for helpful tips and reminders about patient and caregiver engagement.

We encourage you to share these resources widely within the dialysis community.

Get involved and learn more about preventing infections and the Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition at cdc.gov/dialysis.