Fistula First Toolkit
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Introduction
- Introduction
- Fistula First Overview (includes additional references) (95 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
- Facility Self-Assessment (23 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
Protocols
- Vascular Access Coordinator Role (27 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
- Cannulation - New AV Fistula (42 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
- Buttonhole Cannulation Technique — For AVF only (23 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
- Secondary AV Fistulas in Patients with AV Graft — "Sleeves Up" Policy (29 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
- Use of Clamps on Cannulation Site Post-Dialysis (28 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
- Recommended Methods of AVG Stenosis Monitoring (19 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
- Role of the Acute Dialysis Nurse in Improving Vascular Access Outcomes (19 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
Tools
- Monthly VA Monitoring and Surveillance – Referral/Intervention Log (285 KB Excel file opens in a new browser)
- Checklist for Indications for Hemodialysis Catheter Use (20 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
- Management of Patient with Central Venous Catheter (CVC) (15 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
- Reducing Central Venous Catheter Infections – Cause and Effect Diagram (13 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
- Hospital-Acute Dialysis Nurses' Vascular Access Log (15 KB Excel file opens in a new browser)
- Vascular Access Summary Form (to be completed by acute dialysis nurse) (20 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
- Vascular Access Intervention Reporting Tool (to be completed by interventional radiologist) (19 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
- Hemodialysis Access Referral Form: New Access (Patient consent form for disclosure of medical information is included.) (800 KB Word form opens in a new browser)
- Hemodialysis Access Referral Form: Existing Access (787 KB Word form opens in a new browser)
Resources
- Staff Resource List (25 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
- Buttonhole Technique "Keys" – Quick Reference Card (15 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
- Buttonhole Technique PowerPoint Presentation (5.2 MB PowerPoint file opens in a new browser)
- Patient Resource List (25 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
- Patient Handout – "How to Care for Your Fistula" (56 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
- Patient Brochure – "Using the Buttonhole Technique for Your Fistula" (169 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
Reference Articles
- Cannulation Camp Article by Deborah Brouwer, RN, CNN (300 KB PDF file opens in a new browser)
- Vascular Access Examination Guide by Gerald Beathard, MD (2.4 MB PDF file opens in a new browser)
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