Access Care Category

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The Access care category contains details regarding the patient’s dialysis access.

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The primary access will display a trending bar with the data for the access concurrent, prescribed and average blood flow rate, average arterial and venous pressures, and used needles.

Hover your cursor over the used arterial or venous needle data point, and a tooltip appears with the access type and location.

Access Cards

Each access card has a banner indicating whether the access is active or inactive. "ACTIVE" tab is the default selection.  

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For the active access, the card will contain the primary and secondary access, if available, and displays the type, site, placement date, access age, surgeon, and access status.  

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The access subtype and approximate placement date displays, if applicable.  A dropdown is available to view data for a specific access type. The access that is selected from the drop-down has a blue banner. The access not currently selected has a grey banner.

To view the inactive access cards, click the "INACTIVE" tab. The inactive access card will contain the type, site, placement date, inactivation date, access life, and surgeon. The access has a grey inactive access banner.

 

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