TEMPORARY DIALYSIS CATHETERS

As Vascular Access Specialists, Vascular Wellness nurse clinicians are Vascular Access Board Certified (VA-BC), insured, skill-verified, and salaried W2 employees.  Vascular Wellness requires semi-annual skill verification ensuring adherence to proprietary policies, procedures, competencies, and best practices.  We focus on holistic and comprehensive care and do not follow the pay per procedure model plus performance bonuses used by others that may create some adverse incentives for speed at the bedside versus holistic medical care helping to ensure the placement of the right line at the right time, the first time.  In fact, Vascular Wellness employs a Director of Research and Development who not only helps us stay up to date on best practices but helps us continue to innovate and improve upon Vascular Access Services.

Vascular Access for Hemodialysis is performed by Vascular Wellness, unlike many other nursing companies, and can be very advantageous. While Temporary Dialysis Catheters can be placed in the interventional radiology department by hospital clinicians, Vascular Access for Hemodialysis at the Bedside by the Vascular Access Specialists at Vascular Wellness can prove valuable, including less patient disruption,  decreased transportation time and expense, decreased length of stay for the patient, easier coordination of treatment, more effective infection control, and improved use, efficiency, and effectiveness of resources such as equipment, supplies, facilities, and medical specialists. Since Vascular Access for Hemodialysis serves the critical need of providing kidney function when there is possible Temporary Renal Failure, speed is critical for Kidney preservation and restoration. Temporary Dialysis Catheters can be a great option for Vascular Access for Hemodialysis.

Temporary Dialysis Catheter Insertion by Vascular Access Specialists is critical because veins are limited and non-renewable resources and treating infections can result in additional vein usage. Vascular Wellness’ approach of inserting Large Bore Catheters, which is what Temporary Dialysis Catheters are, anatomically lower and near the clavicle, decreases risk of a Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI), and makes care and maintenance of the line much easier as compared to when the Temporary Dialysis Catheter Insertion is placed high on the neck. Further, Vascular Wellness has proven success with a sutureless approach referred to as Statlock Stabilization, which further mitigates the risk of CLABSIs.  Finally, in the event a Permanent Dialysis Catheter becomes infected and must be removed, the Temporary Dialysis Catheter Insertion can be clinically appropriate therapy to enable the continuation of treatment until the infection is cleared at which point a replacement Permanent Dialysis Catheter can be provided and the Temporary Dialysis Catheter is removed. This approach of using the Temporary Dialysis Catheter Insertion in lieu of another Permanent Dialysis Catheter protects the replacement Permanent Dialysis Catheter from acquiring the same infection and then having to be removed as well. Inserting and removing Permanent Dialysis Catheters decreases a patient’s expected life span as veins are consumed and no longer available for later use.