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Pursuing Mental Wellness: The Impact of COVID-19 on Dialysis Facility Staff

Posted September 10, 2021

The impact of COVID-19 on all of us has been profound. For many health care providers, compassion fatigue became a reality. In pursuit of wellness for all health care providers, this online module provides resources to understand and manage compassion fatigue.

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Treating COVID-19 with Monoclonal Antibodies

Posted September 22, 2021

In this new ASN Podcast, Mary Dittrich, MD, Chief Medical Officer of US Renal Care, describes her experiences using monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19. The podcast includes discussion of the complicated logistics of getting and administering the therapy, as well as what kinds of patients her organization treated with monoclonal antibodies during the pandemic.

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COVID-19 Surge Toolkit	ASN/CDC Vaccine Poster	ASN/HHS COVID-19 Scarce Resources Roundtable and Summary Report
In response to the increasing COVID-19 spread across the United States, the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) COVID-19 Response Team has curated the following recommendations developed by nephrologists and nephrology team members.	The rising cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant make vaccination a major priority in the kidney community. ASN and CDC ask you to print and post this resource in your facility to encourage staff and patients to be vaccinated. Note: The 3 poster pages have the same text; only the graphic at the top varies. The Spanish version is now available.	The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted two 90-minute sessions with clinicians who were practicing in the acute in-hospital nephrology setting and experiencing a surge in COVID-19 outbreaks.
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