Title :
Quality of water used in water treatment systems for hemodialysis
Author :
Atwat, Kamal Mohammad ; Aksoy, M. Emin ; Ucisik, A. Hikmet
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Biomed. Eng., Bogazici Univ., Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract :
The objectives of this paper were to determine the levels of contaminants or elements in the dialysis water and dialysate, to compare them with the standard levels of contaminants, to judge the quality of water treated by the systems used at some hemodialysis centers, and to aid in solving hemodialysis water quality problems. Atomic absorption spectrometry was used to determine the levels of elements in samples collected from feed water, treated or product water at different stages of purification, and dialysate solutions
Keywords :
atomic absorption spectroscopy; blood; patient treatment; quality control; water treatment; H2O; blood filtering; chemical contamination; contaminants levels; dialysate solutions; feed water; hemodialysis; product water; purification; treated water; water quality; water treatment systems; Biomedical engineering; Calcium; Chromium; Filters; Medical treatment; Purification; Reverse osmosis; Spectroscopy; Water pollution; Zinc;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering Days, 1998. Proceedings of the 1998 2nd International Conference
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4242-9
DOI :
10.1109/IBED.1998.710605
