biostudies-literatureCaplin BBarts Charity1237-1246https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8455047biostudies-literatureUnknown16(8)<h4>Background and objectives</h4>Patients receiving in-center hemodialysis treatment face unique challenges during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, specifically the need to attend for treatment that prevents self-isolation. Dialysis unit attributes and isolation strategies that might reduce dialysis center COVID-19 infection rates have not been previously examined.<h4>Design, setting, participants, & measurements</h4>We explored the role of variables, including community disease burden, dialysis unit attributes (size and layout), and infection control strategies, on rates of COVID-19 among patients receiving in-center hemodialysis in London, United Kingdom, between March 2, 2020 and May 31, 2020. The two outcomes were defined as (<i>1</i>) a positive test for infection orClinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASNRisk of COVID-19 Disease, Dialysis Unit Attributes, and Infection Control Strategy among London In-Center Hemodialysis Patients.PMC8455047MGD&U0002Damien AClark GDebasish BEirini LSharpe CCClaire SParamit CKumar NAshby DCatriona GManson BElham AHugh CRavi RAntonelou MMartin FDaniel MBlakey SASuzanne FBen CAsgari EHayes NJGisele VCronin HVinay SNicholas CAegida NBramham KNathan HNicola KKevin ESarnowski AHelen CMcCafferty KKate BDandisonba BASahana GAlexander SPan-London COVID-19 Renal Audit GroupMaria DAndrew FCorbett RCole NMysore PSarah BDamir TBanerjee DGrace CFord MLRoper TSujanita TBraide-Azikwe DCBCassim SRosalind BDavid MTayeba RNoam RHull RAlan SBethia MAbigail DLioudaki ERichard HCaplin BAndrea CSRichard CMarina LKatherine PKieran MSrinivasa VHeidy HSalama ADFrankel AMakanjuola DGregor YAlex RfalseRisk of COVID-19 Disease, Dialysis Unit Attributes, and Infection Control Strategy among London In-Center Hemodialysis Patients.<h4>Background and objectives</h4>Patients receiving in-center hemodialysis treatment face unique challenges during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, specifically the need to attend for treatment that prevents self-isolation. Dialysis unit attributes and isolation strategies that might reduce dialysis center COVID-19 infection rates have not been previously examined.<h4>Design, setting, participants, & measurements</h4>We explored the role of variables, including community disease burden, dialysis unit attributes (size and layout), and infection control strategies, on rates of COVID-19 among patients receiving in-center hemodialysis in London, United Kingdom, between March 2, 2020 and May 31, 2020. The two outcomes were defined as (<i>1</i>) a positive test for infection or2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021 Aug2025-04-26T16:33:48.105Z2024-11-07T08:11:02.482ZS-EPMC84550473407463610.2215/CJN.0318032110.2215/cjn.03180321