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Free Cold and Flu Prevention Webinar

The upcoming cold and flu season may be one of the busiest in years, with the added threat of the H1N1 virus. The Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) is hosting a free webinar on Sept. 24 to help community leaders prepare for these potential threats to public health. ...More
September 2, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma
APIC Urges Healthcare Workers to Get Vaccinated Against Influenza

WASHINGTON—Amid reports that the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus could infect half of the U.S. population and the low rates of flu immunization among healthcare workers, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) urges healthcare institutions ...More
September 1, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
RBT Roundtable: Infection Control

To learn more about the state of infection control today and what can be done to improve it, Renal Business Today asked the following renal community leaders their thoughts. ...More
August 11, 2009
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Baxter Completes First Commercial Batches of A/H1N1 Vaccine

DEERFIELD, Ill.—Baxter International Inc. announced that it completed production of its first commercial batches of CELVAPAN A/H1N1 pandemic vaccine in late July and is discussing plans for distribution with national health authorities, subject to obtaining appropriate ...More
August 7, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma
Fresenius to Host 100 Free Public Education Classes

WALTHAM, Mass.— Fresenius Medical Care North America said it will host more than 100 free education classes Aug. 10-14 about chronic kidney disease in observation of the American Nephrology Nurses’ Association’s (ANNA) Kidney Disease Awareness and Education Week. ...More
August 7, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
Low Birth Weight Increases CKD Risk 70%

Low birth weight babies have a 70-percent greater risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD) in later life, according to research published in the August issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. ...More
August 4, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma
JASN Explores Male-to-Female Kidney Transplants

Female recipients of kidneys from deceased male donors demonstrate an increased risk of allograft failure in the first year after transplant, but show no increased risk after ten years, according to a study in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of ...More
July 29, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma
CROWNWeb Set to Move into Second Phase on Aug. 3

WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has started to recruit volunteer dialysis clinics for the second phase of CROWNWeb implementation that starts August 3, according to the National Renal Administrators Association’s June 26 Renal Watch email. ...More
June 29, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
A Q&A with NKF President-Elect Lynda Szczech

In April, Lynda A. Szczech, MD, MSCE, FASN, became the first woman in the National Kidney Foundation’s 60-year history to be appointed President-elect. ...More
June 24, 2009
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
NKF Announces First KDOQI Research Grants

NEW YORK—Chester H. Fox, MD, of Buffalo, N.Y., and Josef Coresh, MD, PhD, of Baltimore have been named the 2009 Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) research recipients. ...More
June 16, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management