[The COVID-19 emergency management in Nephrology: a cross-sectional survey on the procedures management to deal with the pandemic].

From mid-March 2020, the pandemic caused by COVID 19 has placed health facilities in front of the need to implement a rapid and profound reorganization. However, many hospitals have not had time to organize a rapid and effective response, both for the speed of spread of the virus, and for the lack of previous experience with a pandemic of this magnitude. With the aim of assessing the knowledge and adoption of the procedures and recommendations disseminated by hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, in the dialysis and hemodialysis services of Italian centers, a cross-sectional survey was designed by the Society of Nurses in Nephrology (SIAN).

Describing nurses' awareness of biological risk in delivering care for renal-dialysis patients: an Italian pilot survey.

Background And Aim Of Work: Despite national descriptions of awareness, knowledge, and perceptions about the exposure to the biological risk among nurses employed in renal-dialysis care are pivotal to increase work safety, there is a paucity of data on these descriptions in the Italian context. This study aimed at describing Italian nurses' awareness and knowledge about biological risk in delivering care for renal-dialysis patients, and their experiences of biological accidents.

Methods: A pilot survey using cross-sectional data collection and convenience sampling procedure.

[SARS-CoV-2: recommendations on nursing care for dialyzed and transplanted patient].

Coronavirus disease 2019 is an infectious respiratory syndrome caused by the virus called SARS-CoV-2, belonging to the family of coronaviruses. The first ever cases were detected during the 2019-2020 pandemic. Coronaviruses can cause a common cold or more serious diseases such as Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndromes (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).