Bldspinner

I have been employed by RCG for 8 years now, 6 years as RN and 2 years as PCT while attending nursing school. The experience as a PCT was invaluable during nursing school not only because of the knowledge gained re: medical issues, but skills such as time management, organizational skills and the ability to work effectively with other people. The hemo clinic is a fast paced work environment that requires teamwork from all involved. I live in Ohio and the PCT's are required to be certified by the Ohio Board of Nursing. Good Luck to you. I think it would be a wonderful idea.

I work in acute hemodialysis and one of the facilities that we contract with just underwent it's JCAHO survey....!#@*#,,,anyway. According to JCAHO...I hate to even type those letters.. the mixing of the acid bath is no longer allowed unless a specimen is sent to lab for analysis confirming the correct concentration i.e. 2K, 3K baths and so on. So we are now limited to only 2K and 3K baths that have been premixed by the manufacturer. Is this going on elsewhere? I work in Ohio....just interested what is happening elsewhere.

I would imagine that FMC makes most of their money from a manufacturing base i.e. equipment and supplies. RCG was solely a dialysis services company and a rather successful and profitable one. It would appear that FMC hopes to adopt and apply those priniciples that made RCG so successful, to their dialysis units to increase profitablity. So it is quite possible that most of the changes in the units would come on the FMC end.

Work in acutes...Have added 6000 units heparin to system when recirculating predialysis, then when you connect pt., you discard the prime...this seems to work well along with the ns flushes 100ml q 30 mins.

I am presently employed by RCG in the Youngstown, Ohio area, acute dialysis department. I was taken by surprise when they announced the purchase, I am very happy with RCG. Hope there isn't many changes in the near future.