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What should I pack to wear?

DTX is, above all, a professional conference where many of you will be able to meet and talk to chief medical officers, chief nursing officers and key technical leaders of the three leading dialysis organizations.  Please consider bringing clothes that you would wear to a corporate meeting. Your company may have a special evening event planned for you - check with them about what to wear for that.

All this being said, be sure to bring some fun outfits to wear after hours.  At DTX ConneXions on Thursday evening, from 8:30 - 10 pm, Brad Weaber, our MC, will be giving out one $100 prize for the best outfit.  Ladies, pack your boa ; -) and gents, dress to impress.  You might win one of these awards.

I don't have hotel reservations yet - are there rooms left?

YES!  Please use our hotel registration link to make your reservations. Our deadline is Friday, March 2, but there still may be rooms available after that date.  If you have any questions, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

How can I get from the airport to the hotel?

The Tropicana Hotel is located just three miles from the Las Vegas Airport. You can use ride sharing (Uber/Lyft) which should be under $20 depending on how busy the airport is when you arrive. You could also share a taxi with friends, or take a shuttle bus:

Bell Trans Shuttle Bus – $30

• Low cost transportation from Las Vegas’ McCarran International Airport to your Hotel.
• Conveniently located right outside of baggage claim at both international and domestic airport terminals.
• Package includes Airport to Hotel AND return transportation from Hotel to Airport.
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Will there be any fun social events?

You bet! Join us for DTX ConneXions Thursday from 8:30 – 10:00 pm in the Havana Room. It’s your chance to relax with all the friends you will be meeting during DTX! Come, wear your glitter, and be ready to dance the night away! Brad Weaber, our DTX MC, is giving away five $100 prizes! Four will go to the best dancers. One will go to the individual with the best glitter – so be sure to pack something that will put you in the running for this special prize!

What food is included in DTX40 conference registration?

Here's what you can count on:

Wednesday

• Continental Breakfast (yes, we will have some protein for you!)
• Refreshment breaks morning and afternoon
• Lunch is on your own
• Opening Reception in the Dialysis Solutions Center - enough for dinner

Thursday

• Continental Breakfast (yes, we will have some protein for you!)
• Refreshment breaks morning and afternoon
• Lunch in the Dialysis Solutions Center
• Light closing reception in the Dialysis Solutions Center
• Snacks at DTX ConneXions

Friday

• Full breakfast buffet
• Refreshment break

Where can I eat lunch in the Tropicana Hotel?

You're on your own for lunch on Tuesday (pre-conference workshops) and Wednesday. Here are the places you can get lunch in the hotel:

• Robert Irvine’s Public house – Full menu and take out in the hotel lobby area
• Starbucks – open from 6 am ~ 12 pm just off the casino
• Red Lotus Asian Kitchen - in the hotel lobby area

Where else can I eat lunch?

The Tropicana Hotel is located by the skywalk (there are no pedestrian crosswalks at ground level) to three hotels on opposite corners.

• Excaliber Hotel is closest and has several fast food outlets near the skywalk entrance
• New York New York is catty-corner from the Tropicana and also has several fast food outlets near the skywalk entrance and on the ground level
• MGM Grand is across the street from the Tropicana - its food court is about an 8-minute walk from the skywalk entrance

NANT Presents: DialysisTechConneXion22

NANT is pleased to present the only educational program designed BY technicians FOR technicians.

March 22 – 25, 2022 Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas

DTX22 Attendees, download your contact hour certificates here:

• Were you with us in Las Vegas?  Click Here for In-person Attendance Certificates.
• Did you attend Online/On-demand?  Click Here for Online Attendance Certificates. 

Click here to check out DTX Contact Hour modules available for purchase.

DOWNLOAD A PDF OF THE DTX22 PROGRAM BOOKLET

DTX22 Program Overview

Pre-Conference Workshops

DTX22 Pre-Conference Workshops are only available in person in Las Vegas – they have been designed to be higher interactive. It just costs $125 for one of four focused 6-hour programs:

Preventing Machine Failures – Efficiency for your Ounce of Prevention

• Preventive Maintenance
• Data Driven Maintenance
• Performance Indicators and Central Tendencies.
• Operator Concerns: 
• Roundtable Discussion

Latest in Water Treatment
(includes hands-on sessions)

• Impact of Water in Dialysis
• Be Water Prepared BEFORE a Disaster
• Industry perspective: emerging products/technologies
• Hands-on labs (not related to specific company product)
  • Common Values
  • General Water Testing for HO levels
• Roundtable Discussion

Home Dialysis
There are a lot of opportunities as we try to meet the goal of 20% of dialysis patients receiving their dialysis at home by 2025

• Why Home Dialysis is Growing
• Identifying Dialysis Patients for Home Dialysis
• Transitioning patient from hospital / dialysis to home
• Technical Home Assessment
• How the Technology Works
• Career opportunities
• Survey Requirements (including infection control)

Ready. Set. Survey.
If your unit is scheduled for its survey this year, this is the workshop you want to take!

• Most Frequently Cited Deficiences, ICHD, Home Therapy
• Water and Dialysate Standards – AAMI /ISO
• Case Studies
• Survey Triggers in the Dialysis Clinic
• Documentation: If it wasn’t documented, it wasn’t done. If it WAS documented, it lives forever

Concurrent Sessions

Wednesday and Thursday afternoons you can do a deep dive into specific clinical, biomedical, or professional development concurrent session tracks. While you can only attend one session at a time live in Las Vegas, you will have on-demand access to each of the concurrent sessions until April 30.

General Sessions

Ready to grow your dialysis career? DTX22 is where you can get solid help to climb your career ladder in dialysis.

Wednesday

We start on Wednesday by looking at Improving your workplace culture with Renee Thompson, DNP, RN, CSP, CEO & Founder, Healthy Workforce Institute^®. Renee will continue with a deep dive later in the day during our Professional Development session track to talk about how YOU can improve YOUR workplace culture.

Next, Adrian Amedia, Executive Vice President, Independent Dialysis Group, is a member of the Renal Healthcare Association board of directors - he will be discussing 20% by 2025 - What doe this mean to YOU?

We are looking at the Expectations for the future of technicians in dialysis with our Chief Nursing Officer panel, including Kathleen Belmonte, Fresenius Medical Care, Tracey Givens, Satellite Healthcare, and Tina Livaudais, DaVita’s new CNO.

Did you ever talk to someone, only to see your words go in one ear and out the other? Our session on How to Effectively Document by Karen Gaietto, PhD, RN, CNN, Clinical Content Senior Manager,  DaVita will help you make sure you not only hear the important things in your unit but that you know how to accurately document them for future reference.

Thursday

Our Thursday morning general sessions begin with Mandy Tilton, Chief Nursing Officer, Bayada Home Health Care, on Having Difficult Conversations. Mandy is our speaker for her deep dive session in Professional Development on How to Make YOUR Voice Heard.

Next, we have Inventory Control – The Key to the Financial Health of Your Facility presented by Tracy Reynolds, VP Operations, CDI Health. This represents a fascinating career path for which dialysis technicians are well suited. Later Thursday afternoon we have Bruce Fife, RPC on Inventory Control – How to Nourish YOUR Financial Success.

Our Thursday general sessions conclude with our Chief Technical Officer panel on What does the future hold? Hear what Ted Kazparek, Senior Director to Technical Operations, DaVita; Mark Gray, Vice President of Technical Services; and Heather Paradis, National Director of Biomedical Services, CDI Health see coming to your clinics soon.

Friday

Our concluding session begins with the very popular Dialysis Patient / Family Point of View. Each year, we learn new insights from articulate dialysis patients and their involved family caregivers.

This year we welcome Shelley Renn, Director of Meetings,  American Society of Human Genetics, who had acute renal failure.  We also welcome back Sam and Lacye Trevino, who traded the responsibilities of caregiver and receiver when Lacye needed acute dialysis as a result of dealing with GBS.

Felicia Speed, VP of Social Work for Fresenius, will talk about Appropriate Patient Boundaries. We end the conference with a lot of Resources you can use after DTX22 – Will Macias, NANT President; Clarica Douglas Ajayi, Immediate Past President; and Lisa Hauf, Director of Technical Services, DaVita will make sure you won’t leave DTX22 empty-handed.

Registration Options

With the support of its sponsors and exhibitors, NANT has been able to lower the cost of attendance by 30% compared to DTX20.

• All Access Pass (only available to those attending in person in Las Vegas) includes choice of one pre-conference workshop, all DTX22 programs, Dialysis Solutions Center, and social activities. This costs just $395 – for up to more than 42 contact hours
• DTX22 Conference registration is the same whether you are with us in Las Vegas or watching virtually. The cost is just $280 – for up to 35 contact hours
  • In Person (in Las Vegas) includes all DTX22 programs, Dialysis Solutions Center, and social activities
  • Virtual includes DTX22 programs, virtual Dialysis Solutions Center, and virtual social activities in our networking lounge
• DTX22 Pre-Conference Workshops are only available in person in Las Vegas – they have been designed to be higher interactive. It just costs $125 for one of four focused 6-hour programs:
  • Preventing Machine Failures – Efficiency for your Ounce of Prevention
  • Latest in Water Treatment (includes hands-on sessions)
  • Home Dialysis There are a lot of opportunities as we try to meet the goal of 20% of dialysis patients receiving their dialysis at home by 2025
  • Ready. Set. Survey. If your unit is schedule for its survey this year, this is the workshop you want to take!

Dialysis Solutions Center

The DTX22 Dialysis Solutions Center is where you will find manufacturers of key dialysis technician equipment, from water treatment, dialysis machines, vascular access, patient chairs, test strips, supplies, and more. It is also where you can find the talent attraction staff from major dialysis providers and the two dialysis technician certification boards. This year, companies will be in person in their booth in Las Vegas AND online to meet with both in person and virtual participants.

Networking Opportunities

Whether you can come to Las Vegas of attend DTX22 virtually, the heart of DTX22 is networking. We have several ways you can network with your peers, colleagues, and friends:

• Virtual Networking Lounge – open to both virtual and in person attendees. You can choose the topic for your table and visit with technicians throughout the United States, whether you (or they) are in Las Vegas

Available in person in Las Vegas:

• Dialysis Solutions Center Opening Reception – this is for in person participants – see your friends you haven’t seen in two years, find out what is new in dialysis technology products and find friends to have dinner with Wednesday night
• Thursday Networking Lunch in Dialysis Solutions Center – here’s your opportunity to visit with speakers, exhibitors and colleagues to discuss what you’ve learned and to share experiences
• Friday Networking Breakfast – your last chance to interact with your old and new friends, ensure that you have their phone number and email, and talk through what you learned that you can take back to your unit on Monday.

Here's how to convince your supervisor to let you attend DTX22

Download this letter to give to your supervisor - all you need to do is to sign it!

Exhibitors

DTX22 is going to be the first face-to-face gathering of dialysis technology practitioners in what seems forever!  NANT is providing our exhibitors both a live booth AND a virtual booth for the same price.  While we anticipate that technicians and technologists will look forward to getting together again, we learned last year that we can reach so many more technicians by including a virtual component - and we want to make it easy for your company to reach them, too!

Download our Exhibitor Prospectus (PDF) for DTX22.  Make your reservation online for your booth or you can complete the form on page 8 and mail it with your check.

UnWrapIt Fact Sheet - exhibitors confirmed prior to 31 December

UnWrapIt Fact Sheet - exhibitors confirmed since 1 January

DTX22 Promotion Sheet to include in mailings to dialysis units

Speakers

All files will appear in your downloads

Download the DTX22 PowerPoint template

Download Tips for Recording Your Presentation on your Cell Phone 

Download the DTX22 Zoom Background

NANT Virtual Code of Conduct

NANT is committed to providing a safe, productive, and welcoming environment for all meeting participants and staff. All participants are expected to abide by this Virtual Programs Code of Conduct.

NANT has zero-tolerance for any form of discrimination or harassment, including but not limited to sexual harassment by participants or our staff at our meetings.

Unacceptable Behavior is defined as:

·       Harassment, intimidation, or discrimination in any form.

·       Verbal abuse of any participant or  NANT staff member.

·       Examples of verbal abuse include, but are not limited to, verbal comments related to gender, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, religion, national origin, inappropriate use of nudity and/or sexual images in public spaces or in presentations, or threatening or stalking any participant.

NANT Presents: DialysisTechConneXion40

NANT is pleased to present the only educational program designed BY technicians FOR technicians.

March 28 – 31, 2023 Tropicana Hotel, Las Vegas

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DTX40 is Multi-Access There are two ways you can participate in DTX40 this year: LIVE in Las Vegas – you can meet your colleagues, our speakers and visit our Dialysis Solutions Center and hear presentations live On Demand – the DTX40 presentations will be in the NANT Learning Library starting April 17 – there you can watch the presentations you couldn’t see live and earn contact hours once you have viewed a session There will be NO live streaming this year.

NANT is celebrating its 40th anniversary – DTX40. In 1983, the technicians separated from the American Nephrology Nurses and Technicians to form the National Association of Nephrology Technicians/Technologists. Twenty years later, NANT started meeting separately from ANNA by holding its first conference in Pittsburgh, PA. With the change in the CMS Conditions of Coverage, clinical technicians were federally mandated by a nationally recognized certification board.  In 2021, NANT was able to capture all the conference presentations to begin its Learning Library that provides technicians an easy way to earn the contact hours required for recertification.

This year’s conference program is based on the power that technicians demonstrate – passionate about the quality of care for the CKD patients, resilient during the challenges of the pandemic, optimistic about their impact, enthusiastic about career opportunities and worthy of the responsibility for their patient’s successful dialysis journey.

Pre-Conference Workshops

DTX4 Pre-Conference Workshops are only available in person in Las Vegas – they have been designed to be highly interactive. It just costs $125 for one of four focused 6-hour programs:

• Home Dialysis
• Test Equipment Device Care
• Vascular Access
• Water Treatment

Each workshop begins at 8:30 am and ends at 4:30 pm. Lunch is not included in your registration.

 Home Dialysis Workshop

• Role of a Technician in Home Dialysis - Rachel Tothill, Fresenius Strategic Initiatives Director
• Donor Perspective - Layce Trevino, Patient/Partner Advocate
• Virtual Nurse/Technician Training for Home Modalities - Chris Simmons, Director Clinical Services, NxStage Medical, Inc. and Fresenius Medical Care North America
• Skilled Nursing, The New Frontier - Marian Kolomeyer, Spectrum Dialysis
• Having the Home Conversation - Traci Maclachlan, Manager Kidney Care Advocate, Fresenius Kidney Care
• Overcoming Barriers for HHD - Michael Morales, Diality, Inc.

Test Equipment Device Care Workshop

• Open the Session - Zane Greear, Fresenius Medical Care North America
• History of Dialysis Technician Meters - Werner Pfingstmann, Mesa Labs
• Metrology - Heide McILwraith, H&S 
• High-Reliability Organization & Process - Lisa Hauf,DaVita
• Preoccupation with Safety - Lisa Hauf,DaVita
• Crucial Conversations - Gail Dewald,Nephrology Nurse
• The Importance of Checklists- Troy Heizelman,Satellite Healthcare

Vascular Access

• Types of Vascular Access and their Care: Buttonholing, AVG/AVG, CVC, Peritoneal - Dr. Denzil, Azura 
• Infection Control - Gail Dewald
• Troubleshooting and Assessment of Access - Dr. Denzil, Azura 
• Taking Care of My Lifeline - Patient Perspective - Sam Trevino, Urine Inspiration
• Post-treatment Care - Dr. Denzil, Azura
• Hands-on Practice and Discussion - Ann Preston, Azura

New innovations in Dialysis Water Treatment Technology – An Eco-Friendly Approach to Water Treatment

• Water Quality Concerns in today’s environment
• Eco-Friendly Pre- Treatment
• New innovations in water treatment /Hands-on session
• Designing a Water Treatment System
  • Part 2: Designing a water treatment system: Hands-on session.
• Monitoring water treatment systems (New innovations)
  • One button push
  • Microbiological concerns and ways to address an issue.
• Panel Session with Technical leaders
  • Optimizing your current system
  • New rules and regulations

General Sessions

Concurrent Sessions

These afternoon sessions provide specific information for clinical technicians, biomedical technologists, and all technicians interested in climbing their career ladder.

Dialysis Solutions Center

The DTX40 Dialysis Solutions Center is where you will find manufacturers of key dialysis technician equipment, from water treatment, dialysis machines, vascular access, patient chairs, test strips, supplies, and more. It is also where you can find the talent attraction staff from major dialysis providers and the two dialysis technician certification boards.

Networking Opportunities

The heart of DTX40 is networking. We have several ways you can network with your peers, colleagues, and friends:

• Dialysis Solutions Center Opening Reception – see your friends you haven’t seen in two years, find out what is new in dialysis technology products and find friends to have dinner with Wednesday night
• Thursday Networking Lunch in Dialysis Solutions Center – here’s your opportunity to visit with speakers, exhibitors and colleagues to discuss what you’ve learned and to share experiences
• Friday Networking Breakfast – your last chance to interact with your old and new friends, ensure that you have their phone number and email, and talk through what you learned that you can take back to your unit on Monday.

Exhibitors

DTX41 will be THE gathering of dialysis technology professionals.  Don’t miss out on this opportunity to meet top level dialysis technicians from throughout the United States.

Download our  DTX41 Exhibitor Brochure. Make your reservation online for your booth or you can complete the form on page 13 and mail it with your check.

Speakers

All files will appear in your downloads:

• Download the DTX40 PowerPoint template
• Download the DTX40 Zoom Background