St Petersburg Kidney Care

About St Petersburg Kidney Care

St Petersburg Kidney Care is a dialysis facility in Saint Petersburg , Florida certified on 07/16/2012 . This facility offers in-center hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and home hemodialysis training. St Petersburg Kidney Care is located at 800 3Rd Ave S.1, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 and can be contacted via phone number (727) 821-3201.

Details

# of hemodialysis stations	17
Ownership type	Profit
Corporate name	American Renal Associates
Chain owned	Yes
Date of Medicare certification or recertification	07/16/2012

Services Offered

In-center hemodialysis: Yes
Peritoneal dialysis: Yes
Home hemodialysis training: Yes
Shifts starting after 5 p.m. No

Quality Rating

Avoiding unnecessary tranfusions

Rate of transfusions

Worse than Expected
42.1 per 100 patient-years

Removing waste from blood

Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during hemodialysis

99%

Adult patients who had enough waste removed from their blood during peritoneal dialysis

96%

Children who had enough waste removed from their blood during hemodialysis

N/A

Children who had enough waste removed from their blood during peritoneal dialysis

N/A

Using the most effective access to the bloodstream

Rate of fistula

As Expected
76.5%

Adult patients who had a catheter (tube) left in a vein for at least 3 consecutive complete months, for their regular hemodialysis treatments

Keeping a patient's bone mineral levels in balance

Adult patients who had too much calcium in their blood

Avoiding hospitalizations & deaths

Frequency of hospital admission

As Expected
174.7 per 100 patient-years

Frequency of hospital readmission

As Expected
26.7%

Frequency of patient death

As Expected
21.6 per 100 patient-years

Patient survey rating

Overall experience

Patients who gave the dialysis center a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible)

87 %

Communication

Patients who reported that kidney doctors “always” communicated well and cared for them as a person

83 %

Patients who reported that YES their kidney doctors and dialysis center staff gave them the information they needed to take care of their health

83 %

Doctors & staff

Patients who gave their kidney doctors a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible)

82 %

Patients who gave the dialysis center staff a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible)

75 %

Patients who reported that dialysis center staff “always” communicated well, kept patients as comfortable and pain-free as possible, behaved in a professional manner, and kept the center clean