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Data Collection and Quality Management Issues (continued)<br />

Name of <strong>Resource</strong> Brief Description Where to Obtain <strong>Resource</strong><br />

“Continuous Quality Improvement in<br />

<strong>Dialysis</strong> Units”<br />

(Monograph)<br />

Editors: S. Pastan and J. Wish<br />

Advances in Renal Replacement<br />

Therapy<br />

Volume 8, Number 2, April 2001<br />

“Using CQI Techniques for<br />

Managing Infections in PD patients”<br />

Authors: J. A. Diaz-Buxo, G. Wick and<br />

A. Pesich<br />

<strong>Nephrology</strong> News and Issues<br />

November 1998<br />

Pages 22-24<br />

“CQI Process Improves <strong>Peritoneal</strong><br />

<strong>Dialysis</strong> Adequacy”<br />

Authors: D. Viker, P. Gill, G. Faley et al.<br />

<strong>Dialysis</strong> and Transplantation<br />

Volume 28, Number 2, February 1999<br />

Pages 76-77, 80-82, 99<br />

“Improving Management of Anemia<br />

Using CQI Techniques”<br />

Authors: Berns, Cahill, Okupinski and<br />

O’Neill<br />

<strong>Nephrology</strong> News and Issues<br />

September 1997<br />

Pages 11-13<br />

“Improving Patient Care with<br />

Internal Benchmarking and CQI”<br />

Author: P. Zabetakis<br />

Contemporary <strong>Dialysis</strong><br />

May 1999<br />

Pages 44-46<br />

“Improving the Quality of Care in<br />

<strong>Dialysis</strong> Facilities: A Model for<br />

Accountability”<br />

Author: A. Kliger<br />

<strong>Dialysis</strong> and Transplantation<br />

Volume 29, Number 5, May 2000<br />

Pages 276, 278-279<br />

Content within journal is dedicated to<br />

CQI in dialysis:<br />

• Quality and Accountability in ESRD<br />

Programs<br />

• CQI in <strong>Dialysis</strong> Units: Basic Tools<br />

• Implementing CQI at a Facility Level<br />

• Engaging Physicians in CQI<br />

• Use of Patient Based Instruments to<br />

Measure, Manage and Improve<br />

Quality of Care in <strong>Dialysis</strong> Facilities<br />

Content includes a discussion of CQI<br />

steps as they relate to the management<br />

of infections in PD patients.<br />

Content includes how CQI can help PD<br />

patients achieve adequacy targets and<br />

reduce PD drop out.<br />

Content includes:<br />

• Patient specific QI activities<br />

• Program trending<br />

• Patterns and trends of patient<br />

selection<br />

• Focus on appropriate practices<br />

associated with best outcomes<br />

• Identify risk factors<br />

Content includes examples of how CQI<br />

improved outcomes in corporate facilities.<br />

Content defines and discusses the<br />

interrelationship between the three elements<br />

that must be present in a comprehensive<br />

program to identify and<br />

improve quality care – QA, CQI and<br />

Accountability.<br />

Medical Library<br />

Medical Library<br />

Available as a free, downloadable file<br />

on the ESRD Network of Texas, Inc.<br />

Web site: www.esrdnetwork.org<br />

• Check subsite<br />

Medical Library<br />

Free full text on-line article at:<br />

<strong>Dialysis</strong> and Transplantation Web site:<br />

www.eneph.com<br />

• Click on Article Index<br />

• Select “Continuous Quality<br />

Improvement” from list on Article<br />

Index Page<br />

Medical Library<br />

Available as a free, downloadable file<br />

on the ESRD Network of Texas, Inc.<br />

Web site: www.esrdnetwork.org<br />

• Check subsite<br />

Medical Library<br />

Free full text on-line article at:<br />

<strong>Dialysis</strong> and Transplantation Web site:<br />

www.eneph.com<br />

• Click on Article Index<br />

• Select “Continuous Quality<br />

Improvement” from Article Index<br />

NEPHROLOGY NURSING JOURNAL ■ October 2003 ■ Vol. 30, No. 5 557

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