WILKES DIALYSIS CENTER OF WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY is a Non-Profit, Medicare Certified dialysis facility with 24 dialysis stations, located in NORTH WILKESBORO, NC. It has not yet been given a star rating.
Updated: 08/16/2018 — See below for more information on WILKES DIALYSIS CENTER OF WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY, including patient care and patient experiences.
1 Facilities can be run by either for-profit or non-profit corporations.
2 Agencies that are Medicare Certified are able to participate in Medicare related programs.
When kidneys fail, either hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis is necessary to remove waste products from the blood. Before patients with kidney failure can start regular hemodialysis opens a new tab, a site on the body has to be created through which blood can be removed and returned during dialysis (vascular access opens a new tab).
| This Facility | North Carolina | Nationwide | |
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| Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during hemodialysis — Percentage of Adult HD Patients with Kt/V >= 1.2 |
n/a | 96% | 96% |
| Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during peritoneal dialysis — Percentage of Adult PD PTS with Kt/V >= 1.7 |
n/a | 94% | 90% |
| Children who had enough waste removed from their blood during hemodialysis
— Percentage of Pediatric HD patents with Kt/V >= 1.2 |
n/a | 96% | 93% |
| Children who had enough waste removed from their blood during peritoneal dialysis — Percentage of pediatric PD patents with Kt/V >= 1.8 |
n/a | 74% | 67% |
| Adult patients who received treatment through an arteriovenous fistula (a connection directly between an artery and a vein) — Percentage of patients with arteriovenous fistulae in use |
n/a | 66% | 67% |
| Adult patients who had a catheter (tube) left in a vein longer than 90 days, for their regular hemodialysis treatments — Percentage of patients with vascular catheter in use for 90 days |
n/a | 10% | 11% |
| Adult patients who had too much calcium in their blood — Percentage of Adult patients with hypercalcemia (serum calcium greater than 10.2 mg/dL) |
n/a | 1% | 1% |
Based on a national survey by patients getting hemodialysis in a dialysis facility.
| Survey | This Facility | North Carolina | Nationwide |
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