joey
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Post by joey on Aug 12, 2021 20:02:39 GMT
Could someone please tell me the logic behind having the red side up during a dialysis treatment. We used to do it when we had the Baxter's and I remember the Bbraun clinical trainers mentioning it should be done way back when we got the Dialogs. I know the logic behind having the blue side up during priming(except for the part where you fill the dialysate side) but not the red. Thank you in advance
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Post by Chuck Weddle on Aug 13, 2021 12:18:48 GMT
I love dialysis history!
Back in the day....degassing of dialysate was not efficient and bubbles in the dialysate would accumulate in the dialyzer if the arterial end was down. Other than convective transport, no diffusion takes place where dialysate isn't contacting the dialyzer.
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joey
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Post by joey on Aug 13, 2021 14:05:39 GMT
I love dialysis history! Back in the day....degassing of dialysate was not efficient and bubbles in the dialysate would accumulate in the dialyzer if the arterial end was down. Other than convective transport, no diffusion takes place where dialysate isn't contacting the dialyzer. Me too and thank you as always! I always ask the staff to hold the dialyzer while filling the dialysate side for that reason. When they put the red side up and it fills, afterwards I take it out of the holder and rotate it horizontally a few times and show them the air that was left. |
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Post by robertb on Apr 27, 2023 23:07:00 GMT
reminds me of the 1980s when we used to have a dissolution tank that would degas the ro water before we sent it to the MAKS (mobile artificial kidney system) to premix the acetate bath and send the solution to the floor wait maybe my dad told me about that 1 lol
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