There has been remarkable medical and technological progress in Japanese dialysis therapy where more than 270 thousand patients had been treated with dialysis by the end of 2007. Clinical engineering technologists have played an important role not only in the safety treatment but also in the technological development of dialysis therapy. It is very important to supply pure dialysis fluid for both the efficacy and the safety of hemodialysis in which high permeable dialysis membranes are used. The Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy recently issued the standard for bacterial management of fluids for hemodialysis and related therapies according to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/DIS 23500. In order to achieve the standard, the management of dialysis water treatment is important as well as the role of clinical engineering technologists in daily dialysis practice. Purification is defined as no contamination by chemical substances and/or microorganisms and its components. The purification consists of the design and the system structure of the water treatment equipment and dialysis fluid-supplying equipment, and the operation and management of the equipment. The guideline aims to show the minimum standard and the management method of the water treatment system and dialysis fluid-supplying equipment in order to perform hemodialysis safely. They should outline safer dialysis by the management of purification of dialysis fluid.
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