Table 1:

10 tips for providing renal care to persons in prison.

Tip 1: Be aware of your local prison infrastructure and the electronic health record and use admission to prison as an opportunity.
Tip 2: Plan clinic visits, allow extra time where possible and address stigma through education.
Tip 3: Address modifiable risk factors of CKD, support research into CKD in prison and optimise nutrition.
Tip 4: Work with prisons to provide patients with access to telemedicine and to web-based patient information.
Tip 5: Support handover when persons in prison are moved and know the rules and regulations around medical ‘holds’.
Tip 6: Aim for continuity of care after incarceration.
Tip 7: Provide persons in prison with equal access to dialysis, mitigate against transport issues and consider ‘home’ therapy.
Tip 8: Provide equal access to transplantation and posttransplant care and be aware of the national guidance on persons in prison as live donors.
Tip 9: Provide good-quality end-of-life care to persons in prison.
Tip 10: Become a resource and an advocate for these patients.
Tip 1: Be aware of your local prison infrastructure and the electronic health record and use admission to prison as an opportunity.
Tip 2: Plan clinic visits, allow extra time where possible and address stigma through education.
Tip 3: Address modifiable risk factors of CKD, support research into CKD in prison and optimise nutrition.
Tip 4: Work with prisons to provide patients with access to telemedicine and to web-based patient information.
Tip 5: Support handover when persons in prison are moved and know the rules and regulations around medical ‘holds’.
Tip 6: Aim for continuity of care after incarceration.
Tip 7: Provide persons in prison with equal access to dialysis, mitigate against transport issues and consider ‘home’ therapy.
Tip 8: Provide equal access to transplantation and posttransplant care and be aware of the national guidance on persons in prison as live donors.
Tip 9: Provide good-quality end-of-life care to persons in prison.
Tip 10: Become a resource and an advocate for these patients.
Table 1:

10 tips for providing renal care to persons in prison.

Tip 1: Be aware of your local prison infrastructure and the electronic health record and use admission to prison as an opportunity.
Tip 2: Plan clinic visits, allow extra time where possible and address stigma through education.
Tip 3: Address modifiable risk factors of CKD, support research into CKD in prison and optimise nutrition.
Tip 4: Work with prisons to provide patients with access to telemedicine and to web-based patient information.
Tip 5: Support handover when persons in prison are moved and know the rules and regulations around medical ‘holds’.
Tip 6: Aim for continuity of care after incarceration.
Tip 7: Provide persons in prison with equal access to dialysis, mitigate against transport issues and consider ‘home’ therapy.
Tip 8: Provide equal access to transplantation and posttransplant care and be aware of the national guidance on persons in prison as live donors.
Tip 9: Provide good-quality end-of-life care to persons in prison.
Tip 10: Become a resource and an advocate for these patients.
Tip 1: Be aware of your local prison infrastructure and the electronic health record and use admission to prison as an opportunity.
Tip 2: Plan clinic visits, allow extra time where possible and address stigma through education.
Tip 3: Address modifiable risk factors of CKD, support research into CKD in prison and optimise nutrition.
Tip 4: Work with prisons to provide patients with access to telemedicine and to web-based patient information.
Tip 5: Support handover when persons in prison are moved and know the rules and regulations around medical ‘holds’.
Tip 6: Aim for continuity of care after incarceration.
Tip 7: Provide persons in prison with equal access to dialysis, mitigate against transport issues and consider ‘home’ therapy.
Tip 8: Provide equal access to transplantation and posttransplant care and be aware of the national guidance on persons in prison as live donors.
Tip 9: Provide good-quality end-of-life care to persons in prison.
Tip 10: Become a resource and an advocate for these patients.
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