IMPORTANCE OF THE WATER TREATMENT (REVERSE OSMOSIS) PLANT IN DIALYSIS SET UP
Importance of the Water Treatment (Reverse Osmosis) plant in dialysis set up Watch: PRE-TREATMENT ELEMENTS Watch: RO TREATMENT & POST-TREATMENT ELEMENTS Watch: WATER CONTAMINANTS & POTENTIAL CLINICAL SYMPTOMS Introduction: An average person drinks 14L of water per week. Water arriving at faucets is acceptable for drinking but not acceptable for HD. It contains various contaminants such as chlorides, chloramines, fluorides, etc. Healthy kidneys are capable of extracting and excreating those contaminants. However, the same water may not be suitable for dialysis purposes since more than 90% of dialysate used in the machine is water. A dialysis patient will be exposed to 300L of water per week. Hence, if the water used for dialysis is not ultrapure it leads to potential clinical symptoms and complications. Possible water contaminants Symptom Watch here : Water contaminants & potential clinical symptoms Water contaminants are a result ...