Single-use versus reusable dialyzers: the known unknowns

A Upadhyay, MA Sosa, BL Jaber - Clinical Journal of the …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
The practice of reusing dialyzers has been widespread in the United States for decades,
with single use showing signs of resurgence in recent years. Reprocessing of dialyzers has …

Mortality risk by hemodialyzer reuse practice and dialyzer membrane characteristics: results from the USRDS dialysis morbidity and mortality study

FK Port, RA Wolfe, TE Hulbert-Shearon… - American journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
Hemodialyzer reuse is commonly practiced in the United States. Recent studies have raised
concerns about the mortality risk associated with certain reuse practices. We evaluated …

Reuse and biocompatibility of hemodialysis membranes: clinically relevant?

A Upadhyay, BL Jaber - Seminars in dialysis, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The practice of reprocessing dialyzers for reuse, once predominant in the United States, has
been steadily declining over the last 20 years. The professed roles of reuse in improving …

Assessing the impact of health technology assessment

R Jacob, M McGregor - … journal of technology assessment in health …, 1997 - cambridge.org
Methodology for evaluation of impact of health technology assessments (HTAs) is outlined
and its use illustrated by applying it to 21 HTAs produced by CETS. Impact on policies and …

Reuse of external skeletal fixator components: effects on costs and complications

DR Dirschl, IJ Smith - Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 1998 - journals.lww.com
Background Although many community hospitals and trauma centers reuse external fixator
components, no published studies have examined the cost-effectiveness or the effect on the …

Effects of dialysis membrane on intradialytic vancomycin administration

MK Scott, WL Macias, MA Kraus… - … : The Journal of …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Study Objective. To quantify the influence of hemodialyzers on vancomycin removal when
the drug was infused during hemodialysis. Design. Prospective, controlled, crossover study …

Comparison of total direct cost of conventional single use and mechanical reuse of dialyzers in patients of end-stage renal disease on maintenance hemodialysis: A …

R Qureshi, MF Dhrolia, K Nasir, S Imtiaz… - Saudi Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Reusing dialyzers is almost universal in developing countries to reduce the cost of
hemodialysis (HD). Economic benefits of dialyzer reuse, when estimated only on the basis of …

To reuse or not to reuse?: an economic evaluation of hemodialyzer reuse versus conventional single-use hemodialysis for chronic hemodialysis patients

BJ Manns, K Taub, RMA Richardson… - International journal of …, 2002 - cambridge.org
Objectives: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of reusing hemodialyzers for patients with
kidney failure on dialysis employing either a heated citric acid or formaldehyde sterilization …

Use of recycled external fixators in management of compound injuries

S Mahapatra, N Rengarajan - Expert Review of Medical Devices, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Compound fractures form a bulk of Orthopaedic Trauma cases in a developing
country like India. External Fixation devices are the mainstays of treatment of these open …

Reprocessing and reuse of dialyzers: A technological solution for balancing cost and quality in lower and middle-income countries

S Sankarasubbaiyan, KD Shah… - … Journal of Artificial …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Hemodialysis is the commonest kidney replacement therapy (KRT) globally and rapidly
growing in developing countries, while in developed countries it is reaching a plateau. The …