Rinsing Of Dialysis Machines Everyday?!?

[JEANJAVE]

Our unit has 3 extra machines that we don't use, a company technician told us that we need to rinse these machines everyday including the portable RO to prevent formation of algae/bacteria...what's your opinion?

[Fiona59]

Our spares are disinfected/rinsed every 48 hours, so they are ready if needed....

[babyboomerRN, RN]

we disinfect all of our machines each working day,even our spare one.the concern would be if we needed that machine and it had not been disinfected and routine cultures drawn,how would you know if that machine was safe to use? hope this helps!

[diabo, RN]

Portable ROs need rinsing daily for ten minutes or more. Endotoxin formation is subtile and of course won't show up on the routine cultures 'cause they aren't alive. Machines need at least a rinse and heat clean daily. Chemical weekly.

Steve.

[catherine-anne]

Hi from sunny England. We heat disinfect our Machines in the morning before the first patients are put on , between every new patient and after the last patient. This means our Machines are heat disinfected 4 times a day. Each disinfect takes 40 minutes.On sundays because we are closed they only get done once. As for the machines that are kept spare, we disinfect them once a day. We found that with doing this, we stopped having a build up of Endotoxins. Cathy:lol2: