American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages 99-106, January 2009

Effect of a Vascular Access Nurse Coordinator to Reduce Central Venous Catheter Use in Incident Hemodialysis Patients: A Quality Improvement Report

  • Kevan Roy Polkinghorne, MBChB, MClinEpi, FRACP, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
    • Monash University, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Kevan Roy Polkinghorne, MBChB, MClinEpi, FRACP, PhD, Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Rd, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria 3168, Australia
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  • Mechelle Seneviratne, RN, BN, GradDipHealthSci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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  • Peter G. Kerr, MBBS, FRACP, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
    • Monash University, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Received 11 March 2008; accepted 24 June 2008. published online 22 September 2008.

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 Originally published online as doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.06.026 on September 22, 2008.

PII: S0272-6386(08)01176-1

doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.06.026

American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Volume 53, Issue 1 , Pages 99-106, January 2009

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