1.Blood and body fluid precautions should be followed.
2.Dialyser and associated blood tubing should be disposable.
3.Disinfection for hemo dialysis machine fluid should be 500 to 750 ppm of sodium hypochlorite for 30 to 40 minutes or 1.5 to 2% formaldehyde overnight.
4.The dialyser should either be discarded after use, or cleaned, disinfected and then reused on the same patient.
5.The dialyser should never be used on more than one patient.
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