New generation ceramic membranes have the potential of removing endotoxins from dialysis water and dialysate

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 694-700

  Czermak, Peter ^a,b   Ebrahimi, M ^a   Catapano, G ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE MITTELHESSEN   (Germany)

^b Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ceramic; Dialysis; Membrane; Sterilization; Water

Indexed keywords

DIALYSIS; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; MICROFILTRATION; STANDARDS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING); WATER FILTRATION;

BIOFILM GROWTH; CERAMIC; DIALYSATES; ENDOTOXIN REMOVAL; EUROPEAN STANDARDS; IN-PIPE; MEMBRANE TYPES; SEPARATION PROPERTY; STORAGE TANK; WATER PROPERTIES;

CERAMIC MEMBRANES;

BICARBONATE; DIALYSIS FLUID; ENDOTOXIN; POLYMER; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; CERAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; DIALYSATE; DIALYSIS MEMBRANE; HEMODIALYSIS; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MEMBRANE FILTER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; QUALITY CONTROL; TRANSPORT KINETICS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 23844534722     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039139880502800708     Document Type: Article

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