Christiana Care Kidney Transplant Program Turns Five

CHRISTIANA CARE

Jan. 15 marked the fifth anniversary of adult kidney transplants being performed in Delaware. To date, Christiana Care has performed 104 transplants, with the number of procedures increasing every year of the program. A transplant program close to home is now a fact of life throughout Delaware. A second transplant clinic in Lewes allows patients from the central and southern counties in Delaware to be seen more easily by members of the team. During the program’s early years, patients received postoperative care in the Transitional Surgery Unit. Over the past year, the team has educated and formed close working relationships with the nursing staff on unit 4C, which allows our kidney-transplant patients to return directly to a private room on a regular nursing unit. The 4C staff, under the direction of Sharon Urban, MSN, has delivered excellent care to patients. Learn more at http://bit.ly/w62flo