Table 1 Contents of report on survey of dialysis therapy during GEJE

I. List of recommendations for dialysis during disasters

 Recommendation 1: Disaster countermeasures for dialysis facilities, the securing of lifelines, and a support system for supplying resources

 Recommendation 2: Future disaster countermeasures based on the experiences in the affected facilities

 Recommendation 3: Transfer of dialysis patients during disasters and dialysis therapy at alternative facilities

 Recommendation 4: Care of dialysis patients during disasters

 Recommendation 5: Support of human and material resources during disasters

 Recommendation 6: Tokyo Inland Earthquake

 Recommendation 7: Formation of collaborative systems among local dialysis facilities and governments, regular communications, and patient education

II. General: Large-scale disasters and dialysis therapy

 Section 1: Outline of Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster

 Section 2: Large-scale disasters and dialysis therapy

 Section 3: Survey of dialysis therapy during the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster

III. Each section: Results of survey of dialysis therapy during the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster and recommendations for dialysis during disasters

 Section 1: Current status of damage to dialysis therapy caused by the disaster-Analysis based on the annual JSDT Renal Registry

 Section 2: Reports from affected areas

 Section 3: Transfer of patients and dialysis therapy at alternative facilities

 Section 4: Disaster-related patho-physiology in dialysis patients

 Section 5: Support for affected facilities

 Section 6: Preparedness for Tokyo Inland Earthquake

 Section 7: Formation of local disaster response network, communication methods, and patient education