Auxiliary donation a boost for dialysis patients

Auxiliary members president Pat Hayes, secretary Sue and vice-treasurer Cath with Nurse Unit Manager Jodie Lanci

Long Jetty Hospital Auxiliary has donated dialysis equipment worth $28,000 to the Renal Unit at Long Jetty Healthcare Centre.

Generous auxiliary members funded a centrifuge and a renal dialysis total chlorine monitor for the unit which provides dialysis to patients with kidney failure.

 A centrifuge assists the renal unit team in processing patients’ pathology samples more efficiently, enabling nurses to personalise the dialysis prescription for each patient.

The renal dialysis total chlorine monitor is a high-quality analytical chlorine-reader instrument that continuously measures the chlorine level of water, ensuring that the water is safe to use for dialysis.

Nurse Unit Manager Jodie Lanci said the equipment had already made a big impact for staff and patients.

“We’re getting faster test results, and our nurses are spending less time repeatedly testing water chlorine levels,” she said.

“All of this gives our nurses more time to spend caring for our patients.

“We’re extremely grateful to the Long Jetty Hospital Auxiliary for their longstanding support of our community.”

For more than 75 years, the Long Jetty Hospital Auxiliary has been proactively involved in supporting Long Jetty Healthcare Centre and, in turn, the wider community.

Since 1998, the Auxiliary has donated more than $294,000.

1 Comment on "Auxiliary donation a boost for dialysis patients"

  1. Marion MacGregor cardinal | September 25, 2024 at 10:37 am | Reply

    I would like to get in touch with The Secretary or President of The Long Jetty Hospital Auxillary as I am a past member,

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