Implementing a continuous renal replacement therapies program.
Initiating and maintaining a continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) program presented more challenges than first anticipated; however, problems remained within the health care team's ability to solve. Here a multidisciplinary group reflects on what was done, should have been done, and remains to be done to offer effective CRRT at this university medical center. All participating members have come to realize that communication and collaboration are necessary to accomplish implementation of a complex program such as CRRT.
Craig
M A
MA
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, USA.
Depner
T A
TA
Chin
E
E
Tweedy
R L
RL
Hokana
L
L
Newby-Lintz
M
M
D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006801:Humans; D009398:Nephrology / Q000193:education; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy
D000925:Anticoagulants