National kidney and world kidney day is coming, the two moments are we in the Merit that dominate to recognize the very important moment.Around the world, you may find that family of Merit is raise their awareness of kidney disease, dialysis and continue to ensure that our products and education services available to clinicians and patients.
Kidney disease is a global problem.About 20000 people worldwide suffer from kidney failure, and the number of patients diagnosed with the disease continues to grow at an annual rate of 5-7%.1Because there are many people around the world currently treated with dialysis or renal transplantation to sustain life, but this number may only represent really need treatment of 10% of the people to survive.2
Through our dedication and support plan, high quality products and services we provide, our team ACTS as the ambassador of better dialysis nursing.That's it.
Our dedication
Our dialysis team consisting of professional clinical support specialists, sales representatives, portfolio manager and so on, they are committed to make sure to provide the clinical doctors and patients need them our products and services.
Our products are
Our diverse dialysis access product portfolio offers clinicians from insist to everything you need for a suture.
This includes reliable blood dialysis options, for exampleHeRO ® graft- the only one you can be proved by clinical patients with central venous stenosis of hemodialysis patients to maintain long-term pathway of completely subcutaneous AV solutions.
Care for peritoneal dialysis (PD), we provide the most advancedThe Flex - Neck ® peritoneal dialysis catheterCompared with competitive catheter, Flex - Neck tube has a larger diameter, compared with other catheter on the U.S. market, can achieve a higher velocity.3Also provide catheters implanted suite designed to simplify the process of implantation and improve efficiency.
Clinicians can choose from a variety of other blood dialysis products, for exampleCentros ® hemodialysis catheterThe orChronic dialysis catheter ProGuide ™And innovation of kidney accessories, for exampleSlip - Not ® suture fixation device.
Browse our entire collectionDialysis access solutions.
Our service
Clinical doctors training
On the Merit, our goal is to provide not only high quality dialysis products, also for clinical doctors provide training and support, for dialysis patients to provide the best care.On the other hand, we also provide useful resource, patients can use these resources to become familiar with all dialysis treatment.
In order to adjust our training during the pandemic, we providedVirtual percutaneous PD webinarsFor the doctor andVirtual dialysis access CE planSuitable for dialysis nurses, technicians and other health care professionals.
Visit us hereRegister for these virtual training opportunities and understand our Think Dialysis Access ™ physician education programs.
Clinical case support
In order to better help clinicians deal with dialysis access cases, we also have a special dialysis access clinical expert team, their understanding of hemodialysis and the complexity of the PD and ready to provide support.From explaining the Merit of right products use to on-site troubleshooting, Merit clinical experts can help.
Patient education: Ask4PD
Improve the dialysis care is to ensure that an important part of the patients understand their treatment options.Ask4PD.comSupport is a Merit of patient education website, aims to help patients understand dialysis care, especially for PD.People can get useful resources, including letters of recommendation patients and health care professionals.
More resources
Through these useful resources to learn more about kidney health, kidney disease, and treatment of information:
- The national institute of diabetes and digestive and kidney diseases(NIH)
- The American association of kidney disease
- The kidney foundation
- davita
- The American association of kidney
- Citizen of dialysis patients
- Fresenius kidney care
- Family dialysis centers
The national kidney month, the world kidney day,And every dayWe Merit team is committed to become your partners to provide better dialysis care.
Explore our completeDialysis access combinationAnd contact usCustomer support centerLearn how to incorporate these solutions you dialysis practice today.
The resources
- At the university of California, San Francisco.2018. "kidney project".https://pharm.ucsf.edu/kidney/need/statistics
- The national kidney foundation.Nd "global fact: about kidney disease".https://www.kidney.org/kidneydisease/global-facts-about-kidney-disease#:~:text=Over%202%20million%20people%20worldwide, later 20 20 treatment need % % % 20 to % 20 live.
- Katzman has HE and others.2009. "the new catheter dependence patients preliminary experience and results of hemodialysis access device.Vask, Scotland50.;3 (600) : 607 - XNUMX