Trinitas Livingston St in Elizabeth, New Jersey - Dialysis Center

Trinitas Livingston St is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Elizabeth, New Jersey and it has 14 dialysis stations. It is located in Union county at Dialysis Unit, Elizabeth, NJ, 07206. You can reach out to the office of Trinitas Livingston St at (908) 994-7011. This dialysis clinic is run as an Independent entity i.e it is not owned by any chain organization. Trinitas Livingston St has the following ownership type - Non-Profit. It was first certified by medicare in October, 2002. The medicare id for this facility is 313519 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

Dialysis Center Profile

NameTrinitas Livingston St
LocationDialysis Unit, Elizabeth, New Jersey
No. of Dialysis Stations 14
Medicare ID313519
Managed ByIndependent
Ownership TypeNon-Profit
Late Shifts No

Contact Information


Dialysis Unit, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 07206
(908) 994-7011
Not Available

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Survey of Patient's Experiences

Nephrologists Performance Ratings

Experience MeasureProviderNational Avg.
Patients who reported that nephrologists always communicated and cared for them.69%67%
Patients who reported that nephrologists usually communicated and cared for them.18%15%
Patients who reported that nephrologists sometimes or never communicated and cared for them.13%18%
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).62%60%
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).32%26%
Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).6%14%

Dialysis Center Staff Performance Ratings

Experience MeasureProviderNational Avg.
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff always communicated well, kept patients comfortable and pain-free as possible.64%62%
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff usually communicated, kept patients comfortable and pain-free as possible.23%20%
Patients who reported that dialysis center staff sometimes or never communicated, kept patients comfortable and pain-free.13%18%
Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).51%62%
Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).34%26%
Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).15%12%

Overall Dialysis Center Performance Ratings

Experience MeasureProviderNational Avg.
Patients who reported that 'YES', their nephrologists and dialysis center staff provided them the information they needed to take care of them. 67%80%
Patients who reported that 'NO', their nephrologists and dialysis center staff does not provided them the information they needed to take care of them.33%20%
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).58%68%
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).41%20%
Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible).1%12%

Patient Distribution

Dialysis Adequacy

Adult patinets who undergo hemodialysis, their Kt/V should be atleast 1.2 and for peritoneal dialysis the Kt/V should be atleast 1.7, that means they are receiving right amount of dialysis. Pediatric patients who undergo hemodialysis, their Kt/V should be atleast 1.2 and for peritoneal dialysis the Kt/V should be 1.8.
Higher percentages should be better.

  • Hemodialysis
    Adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center58
    Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2508
    Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center99
    Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center

Mineral and Bone Disorder

An important goal of dialysis is to maintain normal levels of various minerals in the body, such as calcium. This shows the percentage of patients treated at Trinitas Livingston St with elevated calcium levels.

Patients with hypercalcemia60
Hypercalcemia patient months521
Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg1
Patients with Serumphosphor66
Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL8
Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL28
Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL27
Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL25
Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL11

Hospitalization Rate

The rate of hospitalization show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at a certain dialysis center were admitted to the hospital more often (worse than expected), less often (better than expected), or about the same (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other centers.

Standard Hospitalization Summary Ratio(SHR) YearJanuary, 2016 - December, 2016
Patients in facility's Hospitalization Summary38
Hospitalization Rate in facility149.1 (As Expected)
Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit298.7
Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit78.1

Readmission Rate

The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Trinitas Livingston St were readmitted more often (worse than expected), less often (better than expected), or about the same (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other dialysis centers.

Standard Readmission Summary Ratio(SRR) YearJanuary, 2016 - December, 2016
Readmission Rate in facility27.5 (As Expected)
Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit41.6
Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit16.6

Infection Rate

Hemodialysis treatment requires direct access to the bloodstream, which can be an opportunity for germs to enter the body and cause infection. This information shows how often patients at Trinitas Livingston St get infections in their blood each year compared to the number of infections expected for the center based on the national average.

Standard Infection Summary Ratio(SIR) YearJanuary, 2016 - December, 2016
Infection Rate in facility.72 (As Expected)
SIR: Upper Confidence Limit1.73
SIR: Lower Confidence Limit.23

Transfusion Summary

Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Trinitas Livingston St's rate of transfusions is better than expected, as expected, or worse than expected, compared to other centers that treat similar patients.

Standard Transfusion Summary Ratio (STrR) Year January, 2016 - December, 2016
Patients in facility's Transfusion Summary 35
Transfusion Rate in facility24 (As Expected)
Transfusion Rate: Upper Confidence Limit101.6
Transfusion Rate: Lower Confidence Limit6.8

Survival Summary

The rate of mortality show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Trinitas Livingston St lived longer than expected (better than expected), don’t live as long as expected (worse than expected), or lived as long as expected (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other facilities.

Standard Survival Summary Ratio(SIR) YearJanuary, 2013 - December, 2016
Patients in facility's Survival Summary257
Mortality Rate in facility12.5 (As Expected)
Mortality Rate: Upper Confidence Limit19.6
Mortality Rate: Lower Confidence Limit7.6

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Trinitas Livingston St
Location: Dialysis Unit, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 07206
Phone: (908) 994-7011

Medicare Program: Medicare is a federal government program which provides health insurance to people who are 65 or older. This program also covers certain younger people with disabilities (who receive Social Security Disability Insurance - SSDI), and people with End-Stage Renal Disease (permanent kidney failure requiring dialysis or a transplant, sometimes called ESRD.

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