Clemente Neves Sousa, Paulo Teles, Rui Sousa, Filipa Cabrita, Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro, Elisabete Delgado, Sara Coutinho, Sandra Cristina Mendo Moura, Millena Freire Delgado, João Filipe Costa, Tiago Gomes Sá, Sílvia Mónica Pereira Teixeira, Ana Elza Oliveira Mendonça, Nurten Ozen
Management of vascular access is a challenge for the dialysis team, particularly to keep the arteriovenous access working. The vascular access coordinator can positively contribute to increase the number of arteriovenous fistulas and reduce central venous catheters. In this article, we introduce a new approach to vascular access management centered on (the results of setting up) the role of vascular access coordinator. We described the three-level model (3Level_M) for vascular access management organized in three levels: vascular access nurse manager, vascular access coordinator, and vascular access consultant...
2024: Seminars in Dialysis