title: Dialyser reuse: an automated system using peracetic acid.
abstract: For 3 years starting in April 1989, in a 17-station, in-centre haemodialysis unit at the Toronto Western Hospital, re-use of dialysers was performed using the Renatron-2 Dialyser Reprocessing System with peracetic acid as a sterilant. During this period 40,234 treatments were carried out and dialysers were used an average of 4.2 times. Net savings, after taking into account the total costs of re-use, averaged Can $309,000,000 per year. There were no deaths and no discernible morbidity attributable to the practice of re-use. We conclude that dialyzer re-use is an effective way to reduce the costs of haemodialysis and is entirely safe providing that it is carried out properly.
authors: Hemodialysis Unit, Toronto Hospital, Canada.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Francoeur
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Vas
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Uldall
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D010463:Peracetic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D011786:Quality Control; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D013242:Sterilization
chemical_list: D010463:Peracetic Acid