Water treatment for hemodialysis: Ensuring patient safety

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 50-52

  Ouseph, Rosemary ^a,b   Ward, Richard A ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; REVIEW; STANDARD; WATER MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; RENAL DIALYSIS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0036358290     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-139x.2002.00016.x     Document Type: Review

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