Case Studies

  • 2007 Customer Satisfaction Results
    Gambro is a leading UK company in the provision of products and services for the renal dialysis market. Gambro is an innovative, research based organisation, who remains committed to raising the profile of its products and support activities. This includes developing closer relationships with key decision makers and influencers including: Consultant Nephrologists, Business Managers, Technicians, Renal Technicians, Nurses and Renal Unit Managers.
  • Patient home haemo choices at Cardiff
    The Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust is the largest NHS Trust in Wales and one of the largest in the UK. It serves a local population of over 1⁄2 million people and its mission is “to achieve excellence in providing safe, effective, efficient and compassionate care”.
  • Raigmore Hospital leads the way with ULTRA CONTROL to make HDF easier to perform
    Rai gmore became the first UK hospital to use ULTRA CONTROL routinely. Anne Allan said “we are already finding it a simpler, safer tool to use, with easy treatment set up. There is a reduced risk of excessive haemoconcentration and the exchange volumes are greater, therefore this may improve treatment out come when using this preferred therapy option, on-line HDF."
  • Ulster Hospital
    This imposing renal unit was opened in November 2006. It was equipped with two state-of-the-art 132HH water plants and Gambro AK 200 S dialysis machines, 25% of which are the Ultra S version to enable haemodiafiltration to take place on selected patients. Until last year only a 5-year old 12 station temporary unit had been in place.
  • Renal Services at Chester
    A new build renal unit was established at the Countess of Chester Hospital in early 2006, and it is equipped with the highest specification Gambro AK 200 S and Ultra S machines. These enable a whole range of therapies to be applied to patients, including higher convection HD, HF and HDF.
  • Morriston Hospital & Gambro Technical Courses
    The large dialysis unit at the hospital is in operation six days per week, with between two and four shifts per day. The increasing demand for renal dialysis is reflected in an expanding home patient programme, with patients registered as far away as Porthcawl, Fishguard and Machynlleth.
  • Liver Failure Patients in Leicester
    The Glenfield Hospital, as one of England’s newer teaching hospitals, is a 500 bedded centre of medical excellence for clinical services, teaching and research, located in Leicester, and part of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
  • Home Haemodialysis
    The adaptable programming of the AK 95 S has given Richard hitherto unknown independence, since he feels fitter and stronger and, most importantly he can dialyse three times a week in familiar surroundings, or more frequently (daily) if that suits his prevailing needs.
  • Home Haemodialysis at Hull
    The dialysis unit at the Hull Royal Infirmary (HRI) opened in 1969 and the first home heamodialysis (HHD) patients were treated one year later. Certainly by 1980, when current Senior Home Dialysis Sister, Rita Soanes, joined the Unit, the services for homecare were well established.because they facilitate the teaching process and patients find them easy to use.
  • HDF Education Course at Liverpool
    The RLUH on site renal unit consists of a 33 bedded chronic haemodialysis unit, dialysing three shifts of patients per day. us to choose the optimal dialyser for the treatment.<>/dd>
  • Exalis Benefits Research in Aberdeen
    Exalis is a dialysis data management tool, designed to improve the overall efficiency of a dialysis facility. Through time saving and performance gains it enables automatic collection of treatment data, real time access to information, on-line documentation print outs, data exchange with medical record systems and connection to a patient’s home or satellite unit. We have enabled data export from Exalis to allow offline analysis using a range of tools developed by the University of Aberdeen Computing Department.
  • Derby Hospital
    There is a full time team of four technologists at Derby City General Hospital, headed up by Paul Roome, the chief technologist. They have the duty to maintain service and manage the medical devices for the Trust, including a range of advanced machines in the dialysis unit and related areas.
  • 30 Years of Home Haemodialysis at Guys
    Patient growth has been managed at Guy’s via expansion and efficiencies, the establishment of satellite units (Camberwell, New Cross Lewisham and Pembury), plus the gradual increase in the number of HHD patients, following recent NICE guidelines. These stated that if patients wish to be treated at home, then this option should be available to them.