Recycling Wastewater After Hemodialysis: An Environmental Analysis for Alternative Water Sources in Arid Regions

Tarrass, Faissal; Benjelloun, M.C.; Benjelloun, Omar

doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.03.022

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“…Hospitals and all health service organizations should be role models for their staff, patients, attendants and the general population. In these areas the consumed energy, water, and waste produced are more than what the industries produce [26][27][28]. To control costs and environmental pollution guidelines for saving energy and water and the use of environmentally friendly materials should be implemented Thus, hospitals can become more competitive by reducing the amount of natural resources used.…”

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Study on ecological awareness and performance of nursing personnel in dialysis units

Zyga¹,

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Prezerakos³

et al. 2013

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Introduction: When designing new hospital construction or refurbishment can be adopted green practices both in design and in construction and operation. Objective: To explore the ecological awareness and behavior of nursing staff in a dialysis unit. Methods: This survey involved 90 Registered Nurses and Nurses' aides of General Hospitals in the Capital (Athens) and in province of Greece (Region of Peloponnese). These individuals were given an overall anonymous self-completed questionnaire. Results:The most important finding is that 70.8% considered as mandatory an organized effort to protect the environment in their workplace. Nurses think that greater environmental awareness is obtained 37.1% by using guidelines, 23.6% with relative stimulation, and 20.2% with educational lectures, 10.1% using poster and 6.7% in view educational videos. Finally, the correlations of ecological awareness with demographic characteristics of the sample revealed that older nursing staff with more years of working experience knows about environmental management (pvalue=0.012). At the same time, gender (p-value=0,030) and educational level of the nursing staff plays an important role in the knowledge of it (p-value=0,044). Conclusions: To control costs and environmental pollution guidelines for saving energy and water and the use of environmentally friendly materials should be implemented. Thus, hospitals can become more competitive by reducing the amount of natural resources used.

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Study on ecological awareness and performance of nursing personnel in dialysis units

Zyga¹,

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Prezerakos³

et al. 2013

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“…Including priming and rinsing volumes, and depending on the efficiency of the RO system, approximately 500 liters of tapwater are required to produce sufficient high-grade water [2,12] . However, despite the increasing scarcity of water, most dialysis facilities still ignorantly discard huge volumes of this reusable resource to the sewer daily [2,3,6,7,13] .…”

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“…Water is becoming a dwindling natural resource due to global warming, climate change and recurring droughts; in fact, it is too valuable to waste [1][2][3] . Hemodialysis uses large volumes of water.…”

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Water Conservation: An Emerging but Vital Issue in Hemodialysis Therapy

Tarrass¹,

Benjelloun²,

Benjelloun

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Water conservation refers to reducing the usage of water and recycling of wastewater for different purposes such as irrigation, laundry and sanitation. As water scarcity increases worldwide, dialysis facilities should be focused on salvaging water. However, most of them still ignorantly discard to the sewer huge volumes of this reusable resource. This article reviews the current water conservation techniques in hemodialysis and the potential benefits drawn when using this technology.

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“…The recycling of used dialysis fluid remains in its infancy possibly because of concerns that such fluid may cause environmental bacterial or viral contamination. Tarrass et al [16] performed an analysis of the potential for reusing such water and calculated that both the rejected water and dialysis fluid discharge in the USA correspond to around 27 gigalitres, a volume that is sufficient to provide the yearly requirement for a conurbation with a population of 175,000.…”

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Water for Haemodialysis and Related Therapies: Recent Standards and Emerging Issues

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Dialysis is a well-established and widely used procedure. For a number of years, the focus has been on ensuring that water used in the preparation of dialysis fluid meets the required chemical and microbiological quality and complies with national or international standards which have recently been updated. Continued vigilance is required, in particular when new chemicals such as silver-stabilized hydrogen peroxide and chlorine dioxide are used to prevent growth of Legionella bacteria in hospital water systems, since residues are harmful to patients receiving dialysis. To achieve the required quality, large volumes of water are processed, and a substantial portion is sent to waste via the municipal sewer systems with little attempt to reuse such water on site. In view of concern about global warming and climate change, there is a need to adopt a more environmentally conscious attitude requiring dialysis providers to focus on this aspect of water usage.

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Recycling Wastewater After Hemodialysis: An Environmental Analysis for Alternative Water Sources in Arid Regions

Cited by 59 publications

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Study on ecological awareness and performance of nursing personnel in dialysis units

Study on ecological awareness and performance of nursing personnel in dialysis units

Water Conservation: An Emerging but Vital Issue in Hemodialysis Therapy

Water for Haemodialysis and Related Therapies: Recent Standards and Emerging Issues

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