++ National Renal Care ++

Healthy Start Programme:
Unique to NRC, The Healthy Start Programme is a lifestyle management program for patients with end stage kidney disease and patients at risk of developing end stage renal disease. These patients include diabetics, patients with hypertension, and patients with a family history of kidney disease and patients with compromised kidney function.

Chronic haemodialysis:
All NRC dialysis units offer bicarbonate dialysis, a range of biocompatible membranes with flexible dialysis shifts to meet the patient’s lifestyle. A comprehensive home haemodialysis programme is also available, including training and home visits.

Peritoneal dialysis:
Both Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) and Automated Peritoneal Dialysis (APD) are offered. A complete home visit and delivery service is offered, including delivery of disposables locally and internationally.

Acute dialysis:
A fully comprehensive mobile acute dialysis service is offered, manned by staff on 24-hour call. The range of services includes haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, continuous therapies for unstable patients, plasma filtration therapy and blood exchange.

Value Added Services:
In addition to offering the full range of dialysis treatments, NRC also offers a range of services that add measurable value to patients, including nutritional guidelines, patient education and support groups for patients and their families.

Quality Improvement:
Quality medical care is at the very core of total disease management. At NRC quality is assured through adherence to national and international protocols as well as measurement of dialysis efficiency, hepatitis screening, water quality testing and the use of customer satisfaction surveys.
NRC has developed and maintains a national database as a vital patient management tool. The database may be accessed via the Internet by both funders and doctors. This service provides funders and doctors with quality indicators for benchmarking against international and local standards.Ongoing training and skills development initiatives ensure that staff members remain abreast of trends. An internal training programme, co-coordinated by a clinical division is complemented by sponsoring NRC nurses to participate in a Renal Nursing Course providing practical training opportunities for clinical/renal technology students at SA Technicons.