Severe infectious diseases like Coronaviruses (CoV), Ebola, etc are said to be public health emergencies and the outbreak of these diseases ends in tragically disruptive events. The prevalence of viral outbreaks among patients treated in hemodialysis facilities is five times higher than among the general population and predisposes the patients to serious consequences. One of the major reasons for the viral outbreak is inappropriate risk management. And the outbreaks are exacerbated when seen along with natural disasters, power outages, and civil disturbance. In the middle of the widespread of infectious diseases, Health Care Workers (HCW’s) experience a huge amount of contact with the patients and thus subject to substantial risks, these risks increase with shortage of HCW’s at the period of outbreak and become worse with lack of supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) and basic reserves such as power and water.
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Anatomy of a Dialysis Needle
As the prescription of all dialysis patients is individualized, the needle choices should also be individualized to make dialysis treatment more effective. There are different types of AVF needles available with different specifications that play their role to meet the dialysis demands.
Complications Of Dialysis
From 7 decades we are treating renal failure patients with dialysis and we came across many complications of this procedure. In this post, we go through a few of the common complications of dialysis, how to avoid and treat these complications and improve the quality of life on dialysis.
Taking Care Of Dialysis Catheter
Dialysis catheters are also called as Central Venous Catheters (CVC). CVC are widely used vascular access among dialysis patients who are starting on dialysis and are waiting for their permanent dialysis access to get matured. Proper care should be taken for CVC as there is a higher risk of infection and thrombosis which might lead to catastrophic conditions.
Simple Tests to Detect Serious Arteriovenous Fistula Complications in Hemodialysis Patients
The complication rate of Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is low compared with Arteriovenous graft and Central venous catheters. Still, the most common complications associated with a mature hemodialysis arteriovenous fistula are an aneurysm, fistula thrombosis, infection, stenotic vascular lesions, access recirculation, and extremity ischemia.
7 Things Dialysis Technician Does To Keep Patients Safe During Dialysis
Dialysis technicians are also known as Patient care technicians are the one who looks after dialysis patients on dialysis and sticks to their protocols to give best of treatment and make sure that you have a comfortable and complication free dialysis. Dialysis technicians monitor your vitals until the dialysis treatment finishes and make sure that you had your post dialysis medications and send you home happily. Dialysis Technicians are the one who is responsible and strive hard to improve your quality of life.