Standardized Peritonitis Reporting: A Quality Improvement Initiative of the Optimizing Prevention of Peritoneal Dialysis–Associated Peritonitis in the United States (OPPUS) Study

Peritoneal dialysis (PD)-associated peritonitis is an important outcome to patients, caregivers, and kidney health professionals in the multinational Standardised Outcomes in Nephrology - PD initiative.1 Peritonitis carries substantial morbidity and is a leading cause of premature transition to in-center hemodialysis (ICHD).2-4 In the End-Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive Program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services incorporated bloodstream infections in ICHD patients as a quality measure in 2012, with data being reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Healthcare Safety Network surveillance system.