We identified that patients were experiencing a number of unintended consequences of haemodialysis treatments that affected the patient’s experience of haemodialysis. Some of these unintended consequences include intra-dialytic hypotension, vascular access problems, blood loss from the circuit and machine problems (McIntyre, 2009; Bray et al, 2014; Rylance, 2014). We wanted to monitor the incidence of these events and use this to focus quality improvement achievements at the unit.
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