I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Introduction => Introduce Yourself => Topic started by: mightbeusoon on August 05, 2006, 07:23:24 PM
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Hello,
I just wanted to say that I am not a patient, but I am a technician who hopes to learn from this site to improve my unit. I am glad that there is a site for patients to vent.....I hope that I am not in trouble for being here as I am not a patient. Please let me know, I dont' want anyone to have to worry about feeling in any way careful about what they are upset about or anything.
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Welcome to the site. I think it's always nice to have an insider's view on things, and we do have several other techs/nurses here.
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You are very welcome here! If anything, you can encourage us in how to relate to our staff ;)
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It is fine that you are on our site. We even have a place for you to vent! Hope you enjoy the site.
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I think it is great that a tech would want to be on the site. You can certainly share experiences from another viewpoint. Welcome!
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Adding my welcome to the others. Of course, you are welcome. Everyone is welcome to our site. We even have a section for dialysis workers for when they want to vent. You are not the only dialysis worker to be part of our community. It is also good for us to see things from your perspective as well. You can learn from us and we can learn from you. You joined just as we are achieving our first anniversary. Hope you will help our site develop as we seek to make it the premier renal site.
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Welcome Mightbeusoon
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Welcome! Wish more dialysis center employees cared enough to want to know patient's concerns by coming to patient run sites.
Mom 3 (mother of hemo pt and a PKD pt)
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Welcome! Wish more dialysis center employees cared enough to want to know patient's concerns by coming to patient run sites.
Mom 3 (mother of hemo pt and a PKD pt)
ITA!! It appears to me that honest open communication is our best weapon against most of the problems patients encounter with dialysis and especially while in the clinics. I recently read an article about why patients cut their dialysis sessions short and not one thing discussed related in any way to the behavior of the staff. :o It's as if they are totally unaware of how they cause patients to leave early! :o ??? Having people like mightbeusoon come here can be a way of getting the word out!
So -- welcome, mightbeusoon and glad to have you here. :)
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Welcome I hope u like it here!
And now I have a question that nobody really answers here :(
I moved to germany 8 years ago so what I really would like to know is what does a tech do at dialysis exactly,
here they just fix the machine when it breaks it seems that in America they have more responsibility from what I've been reading here so what do they do exactly?
Please Please someone answer!
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Welcome to the site.
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Welcome I hope u like it here!
And now I have a question that nobody really answers here :(
I moved to germany 8 years ago so what I really would like to know is what does a tech do at dialysis exactly,
here they just fix the machine when it breaks it seems that in America they have more responsibility from what I've been reading here so what do they do exactly?
Please Please someone answer!
Ya same with in Canada .. but i just gather that USA Dialysis Techs are not the same position as techs that just fix machines like in the Germany and Canada .. am I right?
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That is what I have come to realize since I joined this forum. For us the tech is there if something happens with the plumbing or electricity, or a machine itself.
Only nurses put us on, give us medication, deal with us and our problems, take us off.
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Welcome I hope u like it here!
And now I have a question that nobody really answers here :(
I moved to germany 8 years ago so what I really would like to know is what does a tech do at dialysis exactly,
here they just fix the machine when it breaks it seems that in America they have more responsibility from what I've been reading here so what do they do exactly?
Please Please someone answer!
This is a introduction, not a Q&A session. Keep questions in the proper section. :) But to answer your question.
In the U.S.A. "techs" are the ones who put on patients just as a nurse would. The only things a tech CAN'T do is push meds, such as Epo or Iron. "R.O. techs" are ones who fix the machines. This is how it was at the 3 centers I've been at. However I have heard of some "techs" at some centers pushing meds. Most "techs" are trained on the job.
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"R.O. techs" are ones who fix the machines.
The techs that fix the machines in my area are called Equipment or Biomed Techs. The floor staff techs are called PCT or Patient Care Techs.
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"R.O. techs" are ones who fix the machines.
The techs that fix the machines in my area are called Equipment or Biomed Techs. The floor staff techs are called PCT or Patient Care Techs.
Oh yeah, that's right they are called "Biomed Techs" thanks. :)