title: The bacteriological quality of hemodialysis solution as related to several environmental factors.
abstract: The bacterial concentrations of the municipal water increased by more than 39-fold when subjected to reverse osmosis; then decreased by greater than 200-fold within the reservoir and water supply system of the hemodialysis center. The bacterial concentrations of dialysate solutions in contact with proportioning single-pass artificial kidney machines were as low or lower than the water from the hemodialysis center system (less than 10 CFU/100 ml.). The complete opposite was observed in the recirculating single-pass artificial kidney machines where bacterial concentrations in the dialysate solution reached levels greater than 1.0 X 10(6) CFU/100 ml.
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004203:Disinfection; D004731:Endotoxins; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D005417:Flavobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007688:Kidneys, Artificial; D007709:Klebsiella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008910:Minnesota; D009995:Osmosis; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000379:methods; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D004731:Endotoxins