Dialysis on vacation in Romagna

The ‘Dialysis on vacation’ project of the AUSL Romagna is managed centrally from the Rimini office where all requests sent via this website are channeled. The applicant, when filling out the online request, must choose the location where the dialysis treatments will be performed. The available locations are:

• Cesenatico
• Ravenna
• Rimini

The dialysis shifts will be scheduled and managed by every Dialysis Center. Please note that dialysis will be scheduled in an additional evening shift indicatively from 7:00 pm to 11:30 pm.
Please also note that for organizational reasons it may be necessary to change the applicant’s usual dialysis shift. The shift will be agreed directly between the Dialysis Center and the applicant after the request has been accepted.

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Request

The request can only be filled out online through this form:

Dialysis on vacation Request form

Before filling out the online request, you must download the pre-set “dialysis form” found on the main page of the site. The form can be downloaded at any time and must be filled out by the referral Dialysis Center, taking care to enter all the information requested and filling it out using an electronic writing program (e.g. Word).

Please note that for organizational reasons, handwritten or incomplete forms or the sending of forms other than the one downloadable from the site will result in the rejection of the request.

When bookings open (approximately the first week of April), it will be possible to fill out the online request, indicating the preferred location for treatment. At this stage, you will be asked to attach the previously filled out dialysis form.
The filled out form can be in PDF or Word format.

To complete the request, in addition to the correctly filled out dialysis form, it is necessary

All clinical and administrative documentation must be presented in Italian or English.

General Procedure

Once the request has been filled out and sent with the required documentation, the patient will receive an email confirming receipt and will be included in the schedule based on the order of arrival of the request.

If the confirmation email is not received, the patient must verify and integrate the request with the missing documentation before being added to the list of applicants.

The application and related documentation will be sent to the chosen Dialysis Center where it will be evaluated by the referring Nephrologist specialist.

The applicant will be contacted to define the treatment plan.

To access the service, users registered with the SSN must present their health card.

NB: please note that in order to give everyone the opportunity to join the holiday dialysis project, in agreement with the Dialysis patients’ representatives, a maximum period of 2 weeks of dialysis treatment can be guaranteed for each patient.

Contacts

Booking center: (+39) 0541705583 from Monday to Friday from 8 am to 10 am
Email for information: dialisi.vacanza@auslromagna.it

Costs

The service is covered by the National Health System (SSN) for residents in the national territory. In other cases, the financial compensation may vary depending on the treatment requested (hemodialysis or hemodiafiltration) and the agreements between Italy and the applicant's country of origin.

More information

Dialysis Shifts

Dialysis Shifts (days) will be managed and can be modified on the availability and organization of our Dialysis Centers. Therefore, the collaboration of the Dialysis Center of origin is necessary, which will take care of managing the dialysis shift both upon departure and return from the vacation period of the patient in order to avoid long interdialysis intervals.

The dialysis shift of the Dialysis Holiday project takes place in the evening starting from 6.30/7 pm until the end of treatment.

Transport Service

Every kind of assisted transport to the Dialysis Center, if necessary, is on patient charge and must be organized independently by each patient.

Medications The Hospital Pharmacies of each area may not be able to provide some medications if they are not present in the therapeutic handbook of the Romagna Local Health Authority. As regards Erythropoietins, currently only Binocrit (alfa-Epoetin) is available. In case of therapies with other erythropoietins, it is recommended to have the necessary quantity of drugs delivered by your Reference Center to ensure therapeutic continuity. Allergies Any allergies to drugs or medical devices (filters) must be reported in the dialysis form.

Medications

The Hospital Pharmacies of each area may not be able to provide some medications if they are not present in the therapeutic handbook of the Romagna Local Health Authority. As regards Erythropoietins, currently only Binocrit (alfa-Epoetin) is available. In case of therapies with other erythropoietins, it is recommended to have the necessary quantity of drugs delivered by your Reference Center to ensure therapeutic continuity.

Allergies

Any allergies to drugs or medical devices (filters) must be reported in the dialysis form.