Experiences of Kidney Transplant Recipients as Patient Navigators.

Background And Objective: The use of trained kidney transplant recipients as patient navigators resulted in increased completion of the steps in the transplant process by dialysis patients. We sought to understand the experiences of these patient navigators.

Setting And Participants: Six kidney transplant recipients were hired and employed by transplant centers in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.

Impact of Navigators on First Visit to a Transplant Center, Waitlisting, and Kidney Transplantation: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.

Background And Objectives: Many patients with ESKD face barriers in completing the steps required to obtain a transplant. These eight sequential steps are medical suitability, interest in transplant, referral to a transplant center, first visit to center, transplant workup, successful candidate, waiting list or identify living donor, and receive transplant. This study sought to determine the effect of navigators on helping patients complete these steps.

Two-year performance by evapotranspiration covers for municipal solid waste landfills in northwest Ohio.

Evapotranspiration (ET) covers have gained interest as an alternative to conventional covers for the closure of municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills because they are less costly to construct and are expected to have a longer service life. Whereas ET covers have gained acceptance in arid and semi-arid regions (defined by a precipitation (P) to potential evapotranspiration (PET) ratio less than 0.75) by meeting performance standards (e.