Dialysis Water Quality and Its Impact on Maintenance for the Hemodialysis Community

Abstract

The quality of water for hemodialysis (HD) is a concern for all dialysis centers because of its impact on the health of HD patients. There are guidelines by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) for maximum limits for chemical contaminants, bacterial colony-forming units, and endotoxin limits. But some of the contaminants like fungus and algae are still missing from guidelines. Impurities in dialysis water can lead to many health issues among the HD community and it can increase the mortality rate as well. The present paper focuses on the different contaminants in dialysis water and their health impacts on the HD community.

Effect of Microwave Intermittent Drying on the Structural and Functional Properties of Zein in Corn Kernels

“…The change in mass of the corn kernels before and after each set of drying was measured using a precision electronic balance. According to the national standard GB/T10463-2008 [19], the drying is stopped when the water content of the corn kernel drops to 14 ± 0.5%. A portable infrared thermometer was used to measure the temperature at three different, uniformly distributed locations in the same material layer, and the average value was taken as the average temperature of the dried corn kernels in each group.…”