Davita Fleming Island Dialysis in Fleming Island, Florida - Dialysis Center

Davita Fleming Island Dialysis is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Fleming Island, Florida and it has 12 dialysis stations. It is located in Clay county at 4575 Us Hwy 17, Fleming Island, FL, 32003. You can reach out to the office of Davita Fleming Island Dialysis at (904) 215-2476. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Davita. Davita Fleming Island Dialysis has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in June, 2018. The medicare id for this facility is 682648 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.

• Hemodialysis
• Peritoneal Dialysis

For adult patients on hemodialysis, Kt/V should be at least 1.2 and for peritoneal dialysis at least 1.7; that means they are receiving the right amount of dialysis. For pediatric patients, Kt/V should be at least 1.2 on hemodialysis and 1.8 on peritoneal dialysis.
Higher percentages are better.

• Hemodialysis

  Adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center	61
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2	452

• Peritoneal Dialysis

  Adult patients getting regular peritoneal dialysis at the center	14
  Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.7	102

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 Davita Fleming Island Dialysis with elevated calcium levels.

The arteriovenous (AV) fistula is considered the best long-term vascular access for hemodialysis because it allows good blood flow, lasts a long time, and is less likely to get infected or cause blood clots than other types of access. Patients who don't have time to get a permanent vascular access before they start hemodialysis treatments may need to use a venous catheter as a temporary access.

The rate of hospitalization shows you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Davita Fleming Island Dialysis 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.

The rate of readmission shows you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Davita Fleming Island Dialysis 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.

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 Davita Fleming Island Dialysis get infections in their blood each year compared to the number of infections expected for the center based on the national average.

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

The rate of mortality shows you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Davita Fleming Island Dialysis lived longer than expected (better than expected), did not live as long as expected (worse than expected), or lived as long as expected (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other facilities.