TABLE OF CONTENTS
for
2008 CMS ESRD Conditions for Coverage
Compliance Workbook

I. Introduction: The New Conditions for Coverage

II. Specific Recommendations for Dialysis Unit Policies and Procedures

III. Self-Survey Checklist: Preparing for the New Conditions for Coverage

IV. Self-Survey Quick Interview Questions

V. Part 494—Conditions For Coverage For End–Stage Renal Disease Facilities

VI. The Interpretive Guidelines

VII. Centers for Disease Control’s “Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Infections Among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients"

VIII. Centers for Disease Control’s "Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections"

IX. Surveyors’ Documents

X. References and Disclaimers