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BWH President Betsy Nabel, MD, left, and Jennifer Nadelson, director of Clinical Services Operations, tour the new Dialysis Unit location with the guidance of Mae Hansen, RN, right, nursing director for Ambulatory Infusion and Dialysis Unit.
The Dialysis Unit moved to Tower 3D this spring, providing staff with new equipment and a more spacious and convenient location to provide care to patients.
“What I like the most is that the unit is right here in the Tower,” said Katherine “K.T.” Serge, RN, one of the two unit charge nurses. “Now patients don’t have to go far to receive care. They are just taken a few floors down, instead of to the ASB building, where we previously were located.”
Being closer to inpatients is just one of the positive results of the relocation. The unit, which is adjacent to the Infusion Clinic on Tower 3, has increased its square footage, allowing for much needed storage space. Space around the seven patient bays has also increased, with each bay featuring ceiling lifts to help reposition patients.
The unit encompasses a conference room for staff meetings and private meetings with patients’ families, lockers for staff, a new pharmacy Omnicell and ample space for residents and staff to do paper work.
Just a few doors down from the unit, a new state-of-the-art water filtration system provides purified water used during dialysis. “Everything is better,” said Serge, who has spent 33 years as a dialysis nurse at BWH and was among unit staff who worked with design and construction teams to provide input on how the unit should be designed.
Earlier this month, Mae Hansen, RN, nursing director for Ambulatory Infusion and Dialysis Units, gave BWH President Betsy Nabel, MD, a tour of the unit. “We have all the things in place that will allow us to continue delivering the best care possible for years to come,” Hansen said.