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Dani, Thank you so much for those details, greatly appreciated/ ------------------------------ Debbie Cote, MSN, RN, CNN, NE-BC Diality, Inc. dcote@diality.com ------------------------------ More

The difference between the extended and standard lines lies within the segment from the patient to the machine. As such, the difference between the standard and the long is typically 18 inches per segment difference (e.g., standard 62", long 80" patient ... More

Thank you all so much for your input, it is very helpful. This is why RHA Voices rocks! If anyone has any specifics on the actual length or volume of the regular and extended length that would be a big help as well. I don't need proprietary names, ... More

We are not having any issues here in Austin either. Pam Heise, MSN, RN, BBA, CPN, CNN Assistant Clinical Director Renal & Apheresis Texas Children's Hospital North Austin 9835 ... More

so we have not had any problems with our dialysis units ordered ferrlecit or venofer from Cardinal, but my home nurses are telling me the hospital has notified them that there is a supply issue with getting venofer so sounds like this is more a hospital ... More

Agree with the group. We use the Streamline for the outpatient units and the longer lines (combisets) for the acute program for the reasons stated. and Yes, we are also having to subsidize our streamline backorders with combisets - which has been ... More

I echo Cappy's comments. I, too, was informed that BBraun will only sell to their contracted facilities. I have started using alternative lines from the two other vendors (FMC and Nipro). Also, there is a low volume for our pediatric from FMC that we ... More

Yes.... we faced the back order issue with Streamline as well. We were told they had no timeline on when they may be able to supply us with the amount we needed and advised us to switch to a different blood tubing. We converted over to Combiset approx ... More

We use long lines in acute units and regular length in chronic units. Though we use Streamline which has back order issues that should last until October. Anyone else facing this issue? Interestingly, the company is going to stop allowing product ... More

Thank you Rob. That is very interesting. We are a hospital-based provider. Get Outlook for iOS More

Jayesh, We have not been experiencing any supply shortages that I have heard of. We are currently primarily using Venofer and are ordering from Cardinal. Hope your issue has been resolved! ------------------------------ Stacy Vice VP, Clinical Quality ... More

Deb, We also used the extended tubing lengths in our acute settings. Chairside we have not had issues with the standard length tubing. ------------------------------ Stacy Vice VP, Clinical Quality and Compliance Rendevor Dialysis Austin TX 5125998022 ... More

Deb, we use the extended bloodlines in the acute setting. ------------------------------ Rob Bomstad Administrator/CEO Dialysis Centers of Northwest Arkansas, LLC Fayetteville AR (479) 463-7000 ------------------------------ More

Good morning, I have been told that the shortage is specific to hospitals. This info likely needs to be verified. If you are a hospital based provider, there may be some challenges. We are not hospital based and we not had any issues with procuring ... More

We do dialyze some of our patients in bed in my units, we do not have any issues with the length of the bloodlines. Our staff set the machines up close to patient HD access. ------------------------------ olawanle Turton RN Manager Deer's Head Hospital ... More

In our ministry, our outpatient setting using the standard length lines and for our acute dialysis setting we use the blood lines that have extended length. You're correct that in the acute setting, the room space dictates how the patient will be oriented ... More

We were made aware of a Venofer shortage in May, and just completed a transition to Ferrlecit. I haven't heard of a Ferrlecit shortage yet, but seems to make sense. Our hospital-wide pharmacy shared this with us in May in regard to Venofer: We ... More

Thank you Deb and Becky. As of now, we have less than half the supply needed for August iron dosing and no certainty that our needs will be met. Who do you buy it from? Maybe we need to look at another distributor. We have started ... More

same - i haven't heard of this from our organization either ------------------------------ Becky Berg Director of Renal Services Sanford Dialysis - Fargo Region Thief River Falls MN (218) 683-4243 ------------------------------ More

Jayesh, This is the first I have heard of the shortage. It's been a week, have you found a solution? Does anyone else have any suggestions for our colleague? ------------------------------ Debbie Cote, MSN, RN, CNN, NE-BC Diality, Inc. dcote@diality.com ... More