Dialyzer reuse: Interaction between dialyzer membrane, disinfectant (formalin), and blood during dialyzer reprocessing

Artificial Organs

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-55

  Ng, Yee Yung ^a   Yang, An Hang ^a   Wong, Kai Cheng ^b   Lan, Hui Yao ^b   Hung, Tsai Lu ^a   Kerr, Peter G ^b   Huang, Tung Po ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood; Dialyzer reprocessing; Disinfectant; Formaldehyde; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; BLOOD; DISINFECTANTS; FORMALDEHYDE;

BLOOD; BLOOD CELLS; BLOOD COMPONENT; DIALYZER MEMBRANES; DIALYZER REPROCESSING; ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; FORMALDEHYDE TREATMENT; HAEMODIALYSIS; POLYSULPHONE; REUSE;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FORMALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; DIALYSIS; DIALYSIS MEMBRANE; DISINFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030066280     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1996.tb04418.x     Document Type: Article

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