Hispanic dialysis patients are more at risk for staph infections, the CDC says
Hispanic patients had a 40% higher risk of staph than white patients, a study found, and black patients are more at risk as well. The report outlines steps doctors can take to keep patients safer.
Data show that Black and Hispanic patients on dialysis in the U.S. have higher risks of developing staph bloodstream infections than their white counterparts, federal health officials say, adding that reducing inequalities can save lives.
A by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sheds light on the risks and disparities associated with for end-stage kidney disease, in which a machine does the work of those organs by removing waste and
