Welcome to the Anaemia Project page!

The aims of the Anaemia Project Group are:

• To promote a greater understanding of anaemia amongst renal care professionals
• To promote the active management of renal anaemia by nurses
• To promote a sharing of standards of care within Europe to improve patient care
• To collaborate in research and education projects

Current project:

Throughout Europe renal patients are presenting with more co-morbidity. This may expose the renal nurse to haematological conditions such as Thalasaemia & Sickle Cell Disease, Myeloma and Myelodysplasia. Transplant patients in particular are at risk of Lymphoma. Many renal nurses are unsure whether their patients with these problems should be prescribed treatment such as ESA and iron, how to manage these patients and what the international standards in regard to ESA and iron therapy are in relation to these conditions.

In light of this, the objectives for 2009/2010 are:

• In conjunction with the Anaemia Nurse Specialist Association (ANSA) produce a handbook format introducing haematological conditions often encountered by nurses in the renal setting that discusses how these patients should be managed.
• Run a workshop that discusses haematological conditions in Chronic Kidney Disease at the annual conference in Hamburg 2009.

To review the list of publications and resources developed by the Anaemia Group click here.

For more information about the Anaemia Group, please contact Lesley Bennett