Water treatment for contemporary hemodialysis

摘要: Chronic hemodialysis treatment became an accepted mode of therapy in the 1960s, and since then use inadequately purified water was recognized as being responsible for many documented patients’ injuries deaths (Table 1) (1–6). It is estimated that more incidences go unreported since, unless a patient exhibits acute or subacute reaction, chronic side-effects are usually related to uremia itself. Water represents than 95% dialysate, dialysis exposed mean 300–400 L week, contrast normal person ingesting 14 L/week. In healthy individuals gastrointestinal mucosa active membrane which regulates transport potential toxin into blood stream and, once entered, contaminants have ready means excretion.