Improving Vaccination in People With CKD: Report From a National Kidney Foundation Working Group
People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are particularly vulnerable to vaccine-preventable infections. Therefore, the National Kidney Foundation organized a multidisciplinary working group, including people with CKD and family care partners, to develop recommendations to improve vaccination rates, vaccination effectiveness, and health care for the CKD population. A modified Delphi process was used to achieve consensus on the recommendations. Recommendations on vaccination in CKD patients were organized into these categories: (1) patient preferences; (2) assessing the vaccination status of patients with CKD; (3) assessing vaccine response in patients with CKD; (4) vaccination of immunocompromised patients; (5) vaccination in posttransplant patients; (6) vaccinations in patients with CKD before international travel; (7) vaccination of household contacts of patients with CKD; (8) assessing vaccine efficacy and safety in clinical trials with patients with CKD; (9) training and resources for health care teams; (10) training of health care teams for discussions with patients; (11) role of technology in promoting and improving vaccination; and (12) advocacy and policy considerations for promoting and improving vaccination rates.



