Reduce Infection and Hospitalization Rates

The updated ISPD Peritonitis Recommendations include peritonitis prevention strategies related to¹:  

• Catheter placement
• Connection methods
• PD patient training

ISPD Peritonitis Recommendations: 2022 Update on Prevention and Treatment

• A total of registries from 33 countries were analyzed²
• PD peritonitis rates are decreasing steadily over time, from 0.600 episodes per patient-year in 1992 to 0.303 in 2019²

USRDS data from 2023 shows a steady decline in peritonitis hospitalization rates over the last decade³