The training of the patient and the third party assisting the patient for self-dialysis or home dialysis is placed under the responsibility of a nephrologist, qualified or competent in nephrology; it is provided by nurses trained in dialysis. The haemodialysis centre has specific premises for this purpose.
The authorised healthcare establishment has haemodialysis treatment units, back-up units and training units for home haemodialysis or self-care dialysis when it carries out the latter two tasks. The haemodialysis station consists of a combination of a bed or chair for the patient, a haemodialysis machine and a treated water supply for dialysis. The fallback station is a haemodialysis station reserved for the temporary care of the patient in the event…
Every authorised health care establishment has, either on its own or under contract, one or more technicians trained in the use and maintenance of haemodialysis generators and water treatment systems, able to intervene at any time during the establishment’s opening period. An order from the Minister for Health specifies, for each of the arrangements provided for in article R. 6123-54, the operating conditions in terms of premises, technical equipment, medical…
A patient’s transfer, temporary or definitive withdrawal from a haemodialysis centre or medicalised dialysis unit, or hospitalisation is decided by a nephrologist in the establishment. Hospitalisation in the event of a medical emergency or complication of treatment is carried out in dedicated nephrology beds in the establishment where the patient is receiving dialysis, or in another healthcare establishment. In the latter case, the haemodialysis centre ensures continuity of extrarenal purification…
The haemodialysis centre, defined in articles R. 6123-58 to R. 6123-60, has at least eight haemodialysis treatment units. The same haemodialysis station may not be used for more than three patients per twenty-four hours. The centre also has at least one back-up haemodialysis machine for every eight treatment stations installed, reserved for this purpose. Two haemodialysis stations are also reserved for training in home dialysis and self-care dialysis, except when…
The haemodialysis centre has a medical team of at least two nephrologists. For more than fifteen chronic treatment units, this team includes one additional nephrologist for every eight units. At least one nephrologist ensures a permanent medical presence on the health care establishment’s site throughout haemodialysis sessions. Each of these nephrologists is qualified or competent in nephrology. The number of medical staff must comply with the authorisation decision and the…
All the care procedures required for each treatment session for haemodialysis patients in the centre are carried out by the team of nursing staff. This team, led by a nurse manager or by a nurse, ensures the permanent presence during the session of at least one nurse for every four patients and one care assistant, or possibly another nurse, for every eight patients. When the haemodialysis centre provides long sessions,…
The haemodialysis centre for children, defined in article R. 6123-61, has between two and eight stations. The centre also has at least one back-up haemodialysis machine per group of four treatment units installed, reserved exclusively for this purpose. The same haemodialysis station cannot be used for more than three children per twenty-four hours. The haemodialysis centre is able to accommodate children who are travelling or on holiday.
The centre has a medical team that ensures the permanent presence on site of a paediatrician, or a nephrologist practising in paediatrics, throughout the dialysis sessions. At least two of these paediatricians are qualified or competent in paediatrics and have at least two years’ professional experience in a university paediatric nephrology department. Outside the centre’s opening hours, a paediatrician from the above-mentioned medical team is on call.
All the procedures required for each haemodialysis treatment session for these children are carried out by the care team, led by a nurse. At least one nurse with paediatric and dialysis experience for every two children undergoing treatment and one nursery assistant or care assistant for every four children are permanently present during the session. Outside the centre’s opening hours, one of the nurses from the above-mentioned team is on…
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