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Network 7 Helpline: 800.826.3773
Email: NW7info@hsag.com  

Here are some important numbers to use in the event of an emergency:

DaVita: 800.400.8331
Fresenius: 800.626.1297
ARA: 888.880.6867
Satellite: 800.367.8292
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)—Disaster Distress Helpline: 800.985.5990
US Renal Care: 866.671.8772
Veteran Disaster Relief Hotline: 800.507.4571 

Network 13 Helpline: 800.472.8664 

Email: NW13Info@hsag

COVID-19 State-Specific Resources 

Here are some important numbers to use in the event of an emergency:

DaVita: 800.400.8331
Fresenius: 800.626.1297
ARA: 888.880.6867
Satellite: 800.367.8292
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)—Disaster Distress Helpline: 800.985.5990
US Renal Care: 866.671.8772
Veteran Disaster Relief Hotline: 800.507.4571

Network 15 Helpline: 800.783.8818
Email: NW15info@hsag.com  

Here are some important numbers to use in the event of an emergency:

DaVita: 800.400.8331
Fresenius: 800.626.1297
ARA: 888.880.6867
Intermountain Healthcare Emergency Hotline: 801.507.9077
Satellite: 800.367.8292
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)—Disaster Distress Helpline: 800.985.5990
US Renal Care: 866.671.8772
Veteran Disaster Relief Hotline: 800.507.4571

Network 17 Helpline: 800.232.3773
Email: NW17info@hsag.com  

Here are some important numbers to use in the event of an emergency:

DaVita: 800.400.8331
Fresenius: 800.626.1297
ARA: 888.880.6867
Satellite: 800.367.8292
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA)—Disaster Distress Helpline: 800.985.5990
US Renal Care: 866.671.8772
Veteran Disaster Relief Hotline: 800.507.4571

Network 18 Helpline: 800.637.4767
Email: NW18info@hsag.com  

Here are some important numbers to use in the event of an emergency:

DaVita: 800.400.8331
Fresenius: 800.626.1297
ARA: 888.880.6867
Satellite: 800.367.8292
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)—Disaster Distress Helpline: 800.985.5990
US Renal Care: 866.671.8772
Veteran Disaster Relief Hotline: 800.507.4571

COVID-19

The following resources below are great places to find more information about how the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak is affecting your area, and the measures that are being taken to contain it. As we all work together to be safe during this pandemic, please contact the Network (see menus above) if you are a dialysis facility in need of technical assistance or you are a dialysis patient or a family member of a patient and need assistance.

Dialysis Facility Cornonavirus 2019 (COVID-19) reporting transitioned to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) starting November 19, 2020. This reporting tool replaces reporting that was previously coordinated by the Kidney Community Emergency Response (KCER). This COVID-19 reporting includes in-center dialysis, home dialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients and staff.

Current NHSN users have access to the new COVID-19 Module in the NHSN application on the Dialysis Event home page and must confer rights to their ESRD Network.

If a dialysis facility does not have someone with access to NHSN, please see information below for NHSN enrollment. It will take approximately three weeks to complete the enrollment process.

Entering COVID-19 Data Into NHSN

  • If the facility is enrolled in NHSN but has not yet entered Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) data in NHSN, please refer to the NHSN Dialysis COVID-19 Module Training or www.cdc.gov/nhsn/dialysis/covid19/index.html to begin entering data immediately.
  • If the facility is not enrolled in NHSN see NHSN enrollment section below.
  • Reporting in NHSN should occur each Wednesday by noon ET for all cases identified from the prior Wednesday until the Tuesday right before. (For example, all cases from Wednesday, November 25, 2020–Tuesday, December 1, 2020 were reported by noon on Wednesday, December 2, 2020.)
  • Facilities must report every week. If a facility does not have cases to report for a week, all zeros should be entered in NHSN.
  • For questions and assistance related to NHSN enrollment or data entry, please contact Rob Peck, Nephrology Nurse, at RPeck@hsag.com or 813.865.3474.

NHSN Enrollment

  1. Complete NHSN training: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHEN9NDuulY
  2. Visit the CDC Training Guide website to find out How to Use CDC TRAIN for the Dialysis Event Surveillance Annual Training.
  3. Enroll in NHSN based on dialysis facility type: Outpatient Dialysis or Home dialysis
    • Refer to the NHSN Enrollment Guidance or NHSN Facility Administrator Enrollment Guide March 2018 and the New User Checklist (Outpatient Dialysis or Home Dialysis) for guidance.
    • If you receive a notice that the facility's Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Certification Number (CCN) will not validate, please contact NHSNEnrollment@cdc.gov and request a temporary enrollment number (CDC Registration ID) to complete the process.
  4. Provide group rights to the ESRD Network: www.cdc.gov/nhsn/pdfs/groups-startup/JoinGroup-current.pdf
    • ESRD Network 7 Group: 21688
      Password: Network7
    • ESRD Network 15 Group: 23363
      Password: nw15group
    • ESRD Network 17 Group: 20188
      Password: Network17

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