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AAMI is really just for USA, most other countries have their own standards i.e. British Renal Society for UK, European Pharmacopeia for mainland Europe, etc.

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Do you have any useful links for Ariel then, John? think

I notice that it's taken a "few" years for you to make your first post. Welcome aboard, Mate ... and may there be many more posts forthcoming.


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No point in rushing into things Geoff !! The British Renal Association - https://renal.org/ has a full set of guidelines for all things renal, not just the tech. stuff.

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Here is something that we have been doing for quite a few years:
We have given the dialysis machines and the RO's including the portables a patient medical number, this way the results of the water testing results can be sent directly to the HIS, testing schedules are done on an appointment system with the schedule given to the contractor. This allows the Infection control, quality assurance department and dialysis the ability to monitor the results and take any action that may be required.


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.. Thanks for the Full support My dear Boss Neil and Geof. :-)

I'm confused, how many liters of water does a hemodialysis machine consume in 1 season (4 hours)?


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What is the computation?


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Cannot believe that you are asking this question, most machines run at 500ml per minute, add in the cosuptiom of sterilization and rinsing


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Good thing you're such a wise and patient teacher, Neil. smile

@Ariel:- a bit old, but for a good basic introduction ... see here.


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Excellent teacher, me!!

From the very beginning 500ml has been the norm, 350ml for the hot water sterilization and on some machines 750ml for the cold water rinse, there is also (500ml) water used during priming.

As a total of the water consumed Ariel should be looking at the output of the RO, how much is supplied to the 'loop' and how much of the water is being rejected, not as simple as calculating the quantity of machines and multiplying by 500ml for the total water consumption.


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Indeed; obviously, the RO needs to be able to supply far more than the sum of the dialysis machines' (patients') requirements! smile

Any Rule of Thumb involved there Neil? Twice* as much, for example? think

* Just a quick guess.


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