Anticoagulation Management Service

The Anticoagulation Clinic (ACC) is staffed by pharmacists that provide initiation and ongoing management of anticoagulant therapies. The ACC manages patients at high thrombotic or bleeding risk, performing the following:

• individualized education
• coordination of applicable laboratory testing
• ongoing anticoagulant dosing decisions

After 6 months of management by the ACC, all patients will be assessed for transfer of anticoaglant management to their primary care physician, with only those at high thrombotic / bleed risk or having ongoing anticoagulant control issued being kept within the ACC.

Clinical Islet Transplant

This service provides islet transplant services with a long follow-up treatment with anti-rejection medicine.

For more information on islet transplant go to MyHealthAlberta.ca

Home Hemodialysis - Alberta Kidney Care - North

Provides 6 weeks training so that the person and/or their family caregiver can carry out dialysis at home. The home hemodialysis team will assess to see if home hemodialysis is an option and if the person's home can accommodate the equipment, etc.

Home Peritoneal Dialysis Unit - Alberta Kidney Care - North

This service includes the following:

• provides peritoneal dialysis (HPD) that can be done by clients in their home; provides training, support, and multidisciplinary follow up clinical care
• dialysis fluid is infused through a tube into the client’s belly. The peritoneal membrane (lining of the belly) acts as a filter to take away toxins and extra fluid from the body. Clients usually do 4 treatments per day, with each treatment lasting about 30 minutes
• Nurses teach clients and family members about peritoneal dialysis and how to do it at home. Follow-up is done by phone and in routine clinic visits
• service is offered to clients in central and northern Alberta, neighbouring provinces, and the Northwest Territories

Organ, Tissue and Eye Donation

Donations of organs and tissues may include:

• Organs: heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, pancreas, and small bowel
• Tissues: eyes, skin, heart valves, bones, connective tissue and placenta

To find out how to record your wishes to donate organs and / or tissues after you die, visit the Organ and Tissue Donation Registry.

For more information visit our website.

Pancreas and Kidney - Pancreas Transplant Program

Patients referred to the pancreas transplant program have Type1 diabetes. Diabetic patients with kidney failure may also receive a kidney transplant at the same time as a pancreas transplant.

Stroke Program Edmonton Zone

Services offered include:

• referral to information or services for stroke
• providing education about stroke, risk factor reduction and available community resources to healthcare providers, stroke survivors, and the general public

Stroke Service Coordinators work with health care providers, practitioners, specialists and educators to ensure the latest stroke information, research, technology and evidence-based practice are integrated in the delivery of standardized stroke care in the areas of stroke prevention, acute care, rehabilitation, and community re-engagement.

This service is not for emergencies. If you suspect that you or someone else is having a stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), call 911 immediately.

For more information visit our website.

Tuberculosis Program

This service provides services for the following referral types:

• Active TB suspected / TB treatment
• Contact investigation & follow-up
• Immigration screening
• LTBI screening & treatment
• Other screening: transplant, immunosuppressed, LTC, employment, corrections

For additional information on Tuberculosis visit: myhealth.alberta.ca