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KCER: KIDNEY COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE COALITION

Lavender Patient Identification Cards

This dialysis patient identification card can assist patients with having critical information on-hand in case of an emergency. This is not a substitute for medical records. This is basic information to help the patient and dialysis provider locate information in case of an emergency.

If you must evacuate to another area, unable to return home, or your regular dialysis unit is inaccessible due to a disaster, this identification card can provide basic information to first responders and to a receiving dialysis treatment facility. Fill in the blanks with the most current information. Carry this identification card with you at all times, in your wallet or purse.

It is also important for dialysis facilities to communicate to local emergency management agency about the importance of recognizing dialysis patients in local disaster.

There is no need to place an order. These cards are mailed to dialysis facilities, free of charge, through your local ESRD Network. Depending on your location, you will either receive the cards directly from KCER or through your local ESRD Network. If your local ESRD Network already has their own patient identification card, you can still download/print the electronic version.

Patient Wristband Identification

The Texas ESRD Emergency Coalition (TEEC) Patient Identification/Database tracking committee developed a set of patient identifiers to be worn on wristbands when a mandatory evacuation occurs to ensure that transient care providers can obtain basic patient information.

TEEC partnered with Emergency Operations Centers and Texas Department of State Health Services leaders to develop a system for identifying dialysis patients during an emergency through the use of lavender wristbands with core patient identifying information. A special individual patient network identification number is used on the wristband to identify patients so that any ESRD network could find the patient, even if evacuated to other states. These wristbands should not be removed.

More resources and information :

Patient hotlines:

  • DaVita: 800-400-8331
  • Fresenius: 800-626-1297
  • DCI 866-424-1990
  • DSI: 877-374-3375
  • ARA: 888-880-6867
  • NKF: 888-33-KIDNEY (888-335-4363)
  • AKF: 866-300-2900
  • FEMA: 800-621-FEMA (3362) or TTY 1-800-462-7585

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