How to check your fistula and advice on needling
If you are receiving haemodialysis for chronic kidney disease (CKD), you will need to have special access created in your veins. Your kidney team may recommend that this is done by creating an arteriovenous fistula (AVF).
This leaflet explains how your fistula should be accessed (or needled) during dialysis and how you can check to make sure it is working correctly.
Publication date: 05/2024
Review date: 05/2027
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