Table 3 Items included in survey of dialysis therapy during GEJED

Facility damage

 1. Seismic intensity at the facility site

 2. Structure of buildings where dialysis equipment is located

 3. Completion date of buildings where dialysis equipment is located

 4. Seismic resistance of buildings where dialysis equipment is located

Interruption of dialysis services

 5. Experience of the interruption of dialysis services due to the disaster

 6. Length of time taken to resume dialysis services

 7. Reasons for the interruption of dialysis services

Patient transfer and schedule adjustment

 8. Requests for dialysis support to other hospitals

 9. Acceptance of dialysis patients from other hospitals

 10. Number of dialysis patients accepted

 11. Schedule adjustment due to the acceptance of patients

 12. Schedule adjustment due to the disaster

Disaster countermeasures at the facility (at the time of disaster/at the end of 2011)

 13. Presence of private power generation systems that can be used for dialysis theraphy and their installation sites

 14. Presence of water tanks (well water) for emergency use and their sizes

 15. Earthquake-proof measures for RO systems and dialysis fluid delivery systems

 16. Piping materials used for dialysis fluid delivery systems

 17. Earthquake-proof measures for bedside consoles

 18. Locking of bed casters

 19. Means of information gathering and communication in times of disaster

 20. Preparation of emergency release

 21. Provision of information to patients receiving dialysis services under normal conditions