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The main therapeutics for chronic renal failure are haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and renal transplantation, which seek to replace renal function (Coulliette & Arduino, 2013). The high-flux haemodialysis is a sequential process, constituted of water pre-treatment (Entry-EA, reverse osmosis-AROI, after osmosis 1-DROI, after osmosis and ring return –RAD), and water treatment in patient system (Damasiewicz, Polkinghorne, & Kerr, 2012). To ensure treatment effectiveness, it is necessary microbiological levels within acceptable limits, which depend on optimal operating conditions in central distribution of dialysis and water quality used for dialysate (Damasiewicz et al., 2012; Ministério da Sáude, 2001). This requires water microbiological and chemical parameters analysis and an effective monitoring to verify that it is suitable for high-flux hemodialysis (Damasiewicz et al., 2012; Ministério da Sáude, 2001).
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Haemodialysis Water treatment
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Azevedo, J., Amorim, M., Ferreira, S., Mota, S., Moreira, A., & Augusto, A. (2014). Microbiological characterization of haemodialysis waters in a dialysis centre at Northern Portugal. ICEH14 /3rd International Congress of Environmental Health: Proceedings Book, 1, 340–341.
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Área Científica da Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde do Instituto Politécnico do Porto