On average, a dialysis patient needs 40 gallons of water during every treatment, which adds up to 19,000 gallons each year. This is equal to what a healthy person drinks in a lifetime. Though tap water is considered safe to drink, it is harmful for hemodialysis patients as it contains impurities that are better removed before being used for dialysis.
In a typical Indian scenario, medical practitioners focus on high-end dialysis machines and ignore the use of proper water treatment plants. However, supplying purified water for hemodialysis treatment is crucial for positive results. Water treatment through an effective RO or reverse osmosis treatment helps ensure that the patient gets safe and clean water while saving energy and reducing operating costs in all clinics.
What Causes Water Contamination, and why is it harmful for hemodialysis?
Water is not a pure liquid. It is called the universal solvent and is capable of dissolving more substances than any other liquid. When water comes in contact with natural or manmade materials through condensation, precipitation, infiltration, runoff, and evatransportation, it absorbs impurities.
Some contaminants, like chlorine and chloramines, are toxic to patients. Even some chemicals can build up in the body for a long time and cause many health issues. Once these impurities settle in the kidneys, they become too difficult to filter. Hence, ensuring that water used for dialysis meets AAMI standards is very important.
The Features to Check in an Effective Dialysis Water Treatment Plant
- It should be user-friendly and offer offline operation.
- It should offer real-time water quality checks.
- The pre-treatment system should have multimedia-like activated carbon, Softener like SS/FRP vessel.
- It should include an indigenous membrane capable of working in high TDS of raw water.
- It has a vertical centrifugal pump and polyamide membrane.
- The post-treatment system includes SS permeate tanks, an SS horizontal multistage pump, UV, and an Endotoxin filter.
- Real-time monitoring checks critical water parameters like pressure, temperature, conductivity, and TDS.
- It has an inbuilt UV system and endotoxin filter.
- Easy connection with the internet.
- It comes with water-saving technology, recovery, recycling, and reuse.
The modern RO dialysis water treatment plant generates pure water effectively. It mitigates patient movement and is isolated for acute, cancer and HIV patients. They are best for ICU, seropositive, HDF, home and neonatal dialysis.
Arivation Healthcare is the leading manufacturer of Dialysis water treatment plants. These machines are highly effective in maintaining water quality and making it safe for hemodialysis. Buy the best quality dialysis treatment plant from Arivation Healthcare and make the dialysis process effective and faster.
