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Dialyzers

How to Manage and Save Money on Your Inventory

Inventory is one of those necessary “evils” required in a dialysis practice. Often, it becomes a second or third responsibility and does not receive the attention it deserves. ...More
October 1, 2012
Posted in Articles, Practice Management
Dialyzer Reuse Redesigned: Technology You Should Know About

At the recent American Society of Nephrology meeting in Philadelphia, I had the chance to visit with Dr. Mohamed E. Labib, the CEO of NovaFlux, a physical chemist who has developed and obtained FDA approval for the ClearFlux™ Dialyzer Reprocessing System, which he said can ...More
February 16, 2012
Posted in Articles, Business, Practice Management
Sterilization Method for Dialyzer Membrane Increases Risk

CHICAGO—Patients who had undergone hemodialysis using dialyzers that had been sterilized with the use of electron beams were more likely to develop thrombocytopenia (an abnormally low platelet count in the blood, associated with increased risk of bleeding), according to a ...More
October 18, 2011
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
DaVita Launches Dialyzer Recycling Project

DENVER—DaVita Inc. is working with WM Healthcare Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Waste Management Inc., and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) to launch a dialyzer recycling pilot in 106 of its dialysis clinics in Southern California. ...More
August 2, 2011
Posted in News, Business, Practice Management
Dialyzer Reprocessing and the Bundle

Over the last five years, many facilities that previously practiced dialyzer reprocessing, switched to single use. In speaking with those who made the change, two main reasons came to light: staff convenience and the lowered costs of entry-level dialyzers. ...More
March 31, 2010
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Nephros, STERIS Sign Development Agreement

RIVER EDGE, N.J.—Medical device company Nephros Inc. reported March 24 that is has entered into a development agreement with STERIS Corp. to develop filtration-based products for medical device applications ...More
March 24, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma
Gambro, Dominican Republic Establish Dialysis Clinic to Help Haitian Victims

DENVER—Gambro is working with its distributor, Bionuclear, in cooperation with the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Health and Nephrology Society to establish a temporary dialysis clinic in Jimani, a city close to the Haiti border. ...More
February 3, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Gambro Acquires CHF Solutions

Gambro has acquired CHF Solutions, Inc. (CHF), a medical device company that manufactures and distributes ultrafiltration devices to treat fluid overload. ...More
January 20, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma
Intensive Dialysis Doesn’t Improve Mortality in Critically Ill

BOSTON—In critically ill patients with acute kidney injury, treatment with higher-intensity continuous renal-replacement therapy did not reduce mortality at 90 days, according to a study in the Oct. 22 New England Journal of Medicine. ...More
October 23, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma
RBT Roundtable: Infection Control

To learn more about the state of infection control today and what can be done to improve it, Renal Business Today asked the following renal community leaders their thoughts. ...More
August 11, 2009
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management