BWH Adds Two Peritoneal Dialysis Carts
Two peritoneal dialysis carts have recently been added for inpatient use and changes have been made in maintenance of the carts.
To start, the carts are available now from Materials Management rather than the equipment pool. The Gaymar Heat Therapy Unit is no longer available on the carts and must now be ordered from the equipment pool demand pager at # 11826. To replenish cart supplies, Materials Management requests to be paged to pick up the carts after use and when a cart accompanies a patient transferred to another patient care unit.
For easy use, a Peritoneal Dialysis Resource Manual is inside the top drawer. The manual includes PeopleSoft numbers for re-ordering supplies, Peritoneal Dialysis Policies and other useful information pertaining to peritoneal dialysis.
Changes at a glance:
- To obtain a Peritoneal Dialysis cart, page Materials Management Demand at #16538
- Prior to transferring a patient from one patient care unit to another with the Peritoneal Dialysis cart, page Materials Management Demand at #16538 to replenish the Peritoneal Dialysis cart supplies.
- Upon patient discharge, page the Materials Management Demand at #16538 to have cart picked up.
- Order the Gaymar Heat Therapy Unit separately from the equipment pool pager #11826.