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. 2020 May 24;5(7):1095-1099.
doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2020.05.019. eCollection 2020 Jul.

COVID-19 Outbreak in a Large Hemodialysis Center in Lombardy, Italy

Vincenzo La Milia  1 , Giuseppe Bacchini  1 , Maria Carla Bigi  1 , Donatella Casartelli  1 , Andrea Cavalli  1 , Mauro Corti  1 , Monica Crepaldi  1 , Monica Limardo  1 , Selena Longhi  1 , Celestina Manzoni  1 , Chiara Ravasi  1 , Valentina Stucchi  1 , Sara Viganò  1
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COVID-19 Outbreak in a Large Hemodialysis Center in Lombardy, Italy

Vincenzo La Milia et al. Kidney Int Rep. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) trend in hemodialysis (HD) patients before (a) and after (b) the upgrade of personal protective equipment and nasopharyngeal swab for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in all HD patients. The blue line represents the moment when these measures were put in place.
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Figure 2
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) trend in health care staff before and after (blue line) the upgrade of personal protective equipment and nasopharyngeal swab for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 in all hemodialysis patients.
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Figure 3
Distribution of asymptomatic hemodialysis (HD) patients with nasopharyngeal swab positive (Pos) for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in the 4 HD centers. Neg, negative.
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Figure 4
Example of distribution of patients with nasopharyngeal swab positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (red) together with negative patients (blue) in some hemodialysis (HD) rooms. White boxes represent the HD stations without patients at that time. Gray boxes represent the partition walls between one HD room and another room.
Figure 5
Figure 5
Example of separation of patients with nasopharyngeal swab positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (red) from negative patients (blue) and physical separation of hemodialysis (HD) rooms (gray). White boxes represent the HD stations without patients at that time.
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