Helpful Links

• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - CDC Hurricane PSAs and Podcasts provide timely messages about what you can do to protect yourself and your family from hurricanes that are threatening the United States. Select messages also available in American Sign Language.
• Kidney Community Emergency Response (KCER) Coalition - This national coalition was formed in January 2006 in an effort to minimize disruption to life-sustaining dialysis and transplant services. The Coalition includes patient and professional organizations; practitioners; providers, including independent dialysis facilities, large dialysis organizations and transplant facilities; hospitals; suppliers; ESRD Networks; state emergency and survey representatives; and federal agencies.
• Florida Association of Broadcasters – Provides links to multimedia (audio & video) information regarding disaster preparedness. These multimedia presentations can be useful for patients or to play in your facility for staff in-services or monthly quality assurance meetings.
• Dialysisunits.com – Allows for viewing of open/closed status of facilities post emergency or disaster
• National Kidney Foundation of Florida - The National Kidney Foundation, Inc., a major voluntary health organization, seeks to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by these diseases, and increase the availability of all organs for transplantation.
• Florida Disaster.org - This website contains valuable information about how Florida residents and visitors to the state can prepare for disasters and how citizens can become more involved in the community.
• American Association of Kidney Patients - The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) is a national non-profit organization founded by kidney patients for kidney patients. They strive to educate and improve the health and well-being of chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients, those on heomdialysis, peritoneal dialysis and transplant patients.
• AAKP Advisory on Peritoneal Dialysis - This brochure provides information on how patients can learn if they are receiving adequate peritoneal dialysis. This brochure is an excellent tool to help educate nurses staffing special needs shelters that may not be familiar with dialysis patients, as well as other stakeholders that may not understand this population.
• AAKP Advisory on Dialysis - This brochure provides information on how patients can learn if they are receiving adequate hemodialysis. This brochure is an excellent tool to help educate nurses staffing special needs shelters that may not be familiar with dialysis patients, as well as other stakeholders that may not understand this population.
• FDA Recommendations on Reopening Hemodialysis Facilities After Restoration of Power or Water This link provides FDA recommendations to follow when reopening hemodialysis clinics after restoration of power and water. Includes recommendations on water treatment systems, dialysis machines, filters and tubing, dialysate and dialysate mixing systems, and home hemodialysis systems.
• Technical Consideration When Bringing Hemodialysis Facilities Water Systems Back on Line After a Disaster - These directions are for use if the building has not been flooded and after utilities have been restored, the physical facility is in operational condition, and adequate water flow and pressure are available.
• Safe Use of "Tanker" Water for Dialysis -During emergency situations, the local municipal distribution of water may be disrupted for extended periods of time. This document provides guidance for both the suppliers of water and dialysis facilities for using water delivered by tanker trucks in emergency situations.