Importance and impact of surveillance of the microbial quality of dialysate and RO water in a tertiary health
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Methods This study was undertaken to find out the cause of bacteremias in patients undergoing haemodialysis in Medical Intensive Care unit (MICU) in our hospital.These patients developed fever ,leukocytosis post haemodialysis and Blood cultures were positive . A total of 140 samples consisting of 64 Reverse Osmosis( RO )water samples from RO Water port in MICU and Dialysis unit., 56 dialysate samples and 10 each of bicarbonate and acid concentrate solution from the hemodialysis unit were analysed.
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