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Dialysis Services
Program Overview
Samaritan Dialysis Services is a multi-disciplinary dialysis facility, offering the expertise of registered nurses, dialysis technicians, social worker, dietitian and secretarial staff. The outpatient dialysis service includes 12 hemodialysis stations in Corvallis and eight stations in Lebanon. Each location also offers peritoneal dialysis training.
The facilities provide local, professional, compassionate care for people who need hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. In addition, Samaritan Dialysis Services staff are available by appointment to provide education about kidney failure. They also provide on-site training, depending upon job openings, for medical personnel interested in entering the dialysis field.
The dialysis facilities are designed for patient comfort, with aesthetic touches that include: comfortable furnishings and attractive colors; individual TV/VCRs; and home-like waiting areas.
- Hemodialysis: About 85 percent of people on dialysis use hemodialysis, a process which removes waste and fluid by filtering a patient's blood through an artificial kidney, called a dialyzer. The blood leaves and re-enters the body through slim tubes inserted in a surgically placed access called a graft or fistula, usually in the forearm. The artificial kidney machine cleans and removes excess fluid from the blood. The process takes three to five hours and takes place three times a week.
- Peritoneal Dialysis: About 15 percent of people on dialysis use peritoneal dialysis. Usually done at home after a training period, this type of dialysis uses the lining of a patient's abdominal cavity to clean waste and excess fluid out of the blood.
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