Dialysis Services at St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital

Quakertown, PA (11/28/08) - The Dialysis Clinic at St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital offers 12 comfortably and privately spaced patient stations. Each patient has his/her own television and fully reclinable chair. Linens, pillows and extra blankets are available.

Dialysis patients hospitalized at St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital are treated in the dialysis clinic or on the Med-Surg/ICU units from 6 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Saturday. Patient beds are accommodated in the unit for acute treatments.

A nephrologist or nurse practitioner from Eastern PA Nephrology Associates sees patients at least weekly in the clinic.

Monthly and bi-monthly labs are drawn and closely monitored by our nurses and nurse practitioner.

Entire nursing staff is ACLS certified and each nurse has at least 5 to 10 years of dialysis experience in both acute and chronic settings.

Our social worker has an extensive renal background and experience in dealing with the dialysis patient's needs. She also is instrumental in arranging transportation to and from dialysis for patients that need it either from their homes or from a Skilled Nursing Facility.

Medical Nutrition Therapy and dietary services are available.

We routinely exceed clinical performance goals set up by Medicare for dialysis adequacy, anemia management and bone/mineral metabolism parameters as well as meet current End Stage Renal Disease Network 4 and US goals for vascular access.

Dialysis patients at St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital appreciate that they can receive dialysis services at their community hospital. St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital is part of the nationally recognized St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network. Being part of this nationally recognized network enables us to offer a deeper breadth of specialty services provided by renowned physicians and the most advanced technology in the region.

For more information about Dialysis Services offered at St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital, please call 215-538-4665.

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  • March 11, 2010
    St. Luke's Saved My Life Fifty-three year old man went into sudden cardiac arrest and was found unconscious on the floor in the Giant Supermarket on Broad Street in Quakertown. St. Luke's Emergency Transport Services, Quakertown Police Department and Quakertown Fire Department were successful in recovering a pulse with early CPR, early defibrillation and medications.
  • March 4, 2010
    Wound Management Center Opens in Allentown St. Luke's Hospital – Allentown Campus opened a brand new Wound Management Center to address a growing population of patients with non-healing wounds due to diabetes, vascular problems and other underlying diseases. The center began seeing patients in mid-January, but was officially opened at a ceremony on March 4.
  • February 26, 2010
    Snow-Related Updates Snow-related closings
  • February 23, 2010
    Nicky's Place is Open! St. Luke's in the Lehigh Valley introduced Nicky's Place, a private home located on site of St. Luke's Hospital - Bethlehem Campus where parents can stay when their babies are patients in the NICU.
  • February 17, 2010
    Collection for Haiti's Victims St. Luke's Quakertown Hospital is collecting gently-used canes, crutches and walkers for victims of the earthquake in Haiti.