Committees - DNT

DNT Subcommittee (joint Kidney Health Australia - ANZSN)

ANZSN Representatives

• H. Pilmore (Chair) - 2001
• F. Brown - 2005
• V. Levidiotis - 2007
• H. Moody - 2005

Kidney Health Australia Representatives

• D. Cairns - 2004 (Consumer representative)
• K. Dermody - 2007 (Nurse representative)
• S. May - 2007
• B. Pussell - 2002
• A. Robertson - 2007

Others - ex officio

• S. Campbell - Chair, Renal Transplant Advisory Committee
• S. Chadban - Chair, ANZDATA Advisory Committee
• M. Gallagher - Chair, CARI Steering Committee
• T. Mathew - Medical Director, Kidney Health Australia

Working Parties for the CARI Guidelines

There are now 17 CARI Guidelines in development. The list of topics and the relevant Convenors for each group are shown below :-

CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE

• Prevention of Progression of Kidney Disease (David Harris) - Published April 2006
• Nutrition and Growth in Kidney Disease (Carol Pollock) - Published Dec 2005
• Cardiovascular Risk Factors (Rob Walker) - Published Dec 2005
• Vitamin D, Calcimimetics & Parathyroid Hormone (Grahame Elder) - Published April 2006
• Urine Protein as Diagnostic Test (Nicole Isbel) - Published Oct 2004
• Evaluation of Renal Function (David Johnson) - Published Oct 2005
• Kidney Stones (Gavin Becker) - Published Feb 2007
• Renal Vasculitis (Robyn Langham) - Being developed

DIALYSIS

• Acceptance onto Dialysis (John Kelly) - Published Oct 2005
• Vascular Access (Ashley Irish and Kevan Polkinghorne) - Being revised
• Biochemical and Haematological Targets (Carol Pollock and Carmel Hawley) - Published April 2006
• Dialysis Adequacy (HD - Peter Kerr; PD - David Johnson) - Published Oct 2005
• Evidence for Peritonitis Treatment and Prophylaxis (Kym Bannister) - Published Oct 2004

TRANSPLANTATION

• Deceased Kidney Donor Suitability (Debbie Verran) - Published Oct 2005
• Living Kidney Donors (John Kanellis) - Being revised
• CMV Disease and Kidney Transplantation (Helen Pilmore) - Published Oct 2004
• Calcineurin Inhibitors in Renal Transplantation (Paul Trevillian) - Published Feb 2007
  

The Working Party Convenors would welcome any early suggestions from members of the Society about material for inclusion in these Guidelines.

Please visit the CARI website at:

www.cari.org.au/

Consensus Statements

Dialysis Consensus Statements

• Position Paper - 2003 Haemodialysis Prescription: Interpreting the HEMO Study
• Consensus Statement 2001 - Recommendations for Hepatitis B, C, G and HIV in Maintenance Dialysis Patients
• Delivery of Nephrology Services to Remote Areas of Australia
• Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) and VR Coagulase Negative Staphylococcus (VRCNS): A Consensus Statement for Renal Units
• Consensus Statement for Maintenance of Chemical and Microbiological Safety of Haemodialysis Water and Dialysate Systems - July 1996
• Consensus Statement For Dialysis in Public and Private Hospitals - 1997
• Consensus Statement on the Reuse of Haemodialysers - May 1996

Transplantation Consensus Statements

• Australian National Organ Allocation Protocol