Long Jetty Hospital Auxilary members with nurse Jodie Lanci in the Renal Unit.

18 September 2024

GENEROUS auxiliary members funded a centrifuge and a renal dialysis total chlorine monitor for the unit which provides dialysis to patients with renal (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. Meanwhile 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.

Jodie Lanci, Nurse Unit Manager, said the equipment has already had 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. All of this gives our nurses more time to spend caring for our patients,” said Ms Lanci.

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

For over 75 years, the Long Jetty Hospital Auxiliary has been proactively involved in supporting Long Jetty Healthcare Centre and, in turn, the wider community. The Auxiliary has donated over $294,000 since 1998.