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| National Renal Care offers comprehensive dialysis services in every major centre throughout the country. Our staff are fully qualified in nephrology and are present throughout procedures to ensure patient comfort and safety. A nephrologist is always on standby. We offer chronic haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and acute dialysis services. |
| Our network of unit’s country wide offer bicarbonate dialysis, a range of biocompatible membranes with flexible dialysis shifts to meet the patient's lifestyle. Our quality assurance program includes national and international protocols, patient education, dietary advice and measurement of dialysis efficiency (KT/V). National Renal Care also offers a comprehensive haemodialysis program including training and home visits. |
| The National Renal Care Peritoneal Dialysis program includes both Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) and Automated Peritoneal Dialysis (APD). Our patient orientated training program has been specifically designed to ensure safe and reliable dialysis treatment. National Renal Care offers home visits to patients at home, work, or school. Our reliable home delivery service includes delivery of disposables locally or internationally. To ensure that each patient receives the most efficient peritoneal dialysis prescription, a Peritoneal Dialysis Equilibration Prescription (P.E.T) is performed annually. |
| National Renal Care offers a fully comprehensive 24-hour mobile acute dialysis service. Our specialised renal staff are on call 24 hours a day. The service includes haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and continuous therapies. |
| National Renal Care also offers plasma therapy and blood exchange for renal, haematogical, neurological and connective tissue disorders. |
| The Healthy Start Clinic is unique to National Renal Care. The primary function of this program is to educate and manage patients with early renal disease. The aim is to ensure that the patient remains as healthy as possible and maintains a high quality of life. Preventative strategies include early detection and treatment, meticulous hypertension control, strict glycaemia control, anaemia management and appropriate dietary and lifestyle changes. All our centres countrywide offer this program, which includes education, dietary advice and psychosocial support. |
| Total disease management has at its very core quality medical care, at National Renal Care the following quality initiatives are undertaken: |
| Testing of dialysis adequacy every second month for haemodialysis patients and biannually for peritoneal dialysis(costs borne by NRC) |
| Water testing for endotoxins, bacteria and chemistry conducted by South African Bureau of Standards. |
| International guidelines for anaemia management, access, nutrition and dialysis adequacy (DOQI). |
| Hepatitis screening and vaccination of staff and patients. |
| Name Nurse program which includes individualized patient care, monthly education topics and monitoring of clinical indicators. |
| Patient, doctor and staff satisfaction evaluation to determine perceived efficiencies with National Renal Care. |
| Biannual Patient Forums in the major centers countrywide to determine service levels. |
| Nutritional guidelines and training of dieticians countrywide to ensure specific dietary requirements of our patients are met. |
| Our patient and family education program includes an orientation program, detailed renal disease and treatment information and an education booklet. |
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| At National Renal Care our Total Disease management solution is designed to change the treatment of renal disease from the usual reactive crisis driven process to a proactive, cost efficient and effective process. |
| Our Database accessed via the internet is available to both funders and doctors. This database of patient information provides funders with quality indicators benchmarking against international and local standards. |
| Quarterly reports are submitted to medical aids detailing all important clinical indicators and patient outcomes. Included in this report are specific blood results, treatment modality, medication and hospitalization and transplant status. |
| Sponsor Continued Medical Education (CME) aimed at the ongoing education of the medical community focusing on the latest trends in, and treatments of renal disease. |
| Nephrology training for nurses with the assistance of the University of Port Elizabeth and technologists through various technicians. |
| National Renal Care works closely with the renal transplant community and on average transplant eight patients per month. |
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