Shanxi Province Health Department: Hemodialysis patients with AIDS test required to
 
(2009-03-15 07:58:10) manuscript Source: Xinhuanet in Shanxi Channel
 
     Taiyuan Xinhua March 15 (Xinhua Liu Xiangxiao) reporter recently learned from the Shanxi Province Health Department, in order to further strengthen the hemodialysis treatment of hospital infection control, Shanxi Province Health Department recently issued a circular clear, patients at the beginning of dialysis treatment the need for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, syphilis, AIDS and other blood-borne infections, laboratory examination, test results clearly only after beginning dialysis treatment.

     The notification requirement, infectious diseases people should be isolated at room dialysis treatment, a fixed bed, special dialysis, the operator is relatively fixed, and take the appropriate disinfection and isolation measures; strictly enforce the use of sterile disposable medical supplies management system, strengthen the disposable dialysis supplies, etc. use management. And the specific dialyzer reuse management related matters, such as hemodialysis project to carry out the provisions of health care institutions must configure the multiplexer, can only use approved in accordance with the law, there is a clear identification of reusable blood dialyzer, but only used in the same patients, the use of the former must have multiplexing and related medical knowledge of the physician director hemodialysis issued orders, such as multiplexing.

     Hemodialysis patients with chronic renal failure are living one of the means of renal replacement therapy, dialysis patients, when necessary leads to in vitro blood, blood in the dialyzer with dialysis solution for solute exchange, to remove metabolic waste. Hemodialysis Room (Center) management and whether the norms of disinfection and isolation, a direct impact on treatment quality and patient safety, and even can cause blood-borne infection in the spread of disease. (END)