Disinfection after every session prevents biofilm forming inside the machine's fluid pathway, which is the main long-term infection risk in home dialysis.
What to know
- Run the machine's disinfection cycle after every treatment, without exception.
- Use only the disinfectant and concentration specified for your machine.
- Heat disinfection, chemical disinfection or both — follow your machine's documented schedule.
- Confirm the rinse cycle completes and residual disinfectant tests negative before the next session.
- Wipe down external surfaces, the chair and the trolley with a surface disinfectant.
Talk to your care team
This topic is part of Machine Operation & Maintenance, one of ten modules in the Trivita Learning Hub. If anything here contradicts what your own nephrologist or dialysis nurse has told you, follow your care team — they know your prescription, your access and your history.
Trivita's dialysis nurses answer our care line 24 hours a day on 055 242 1070, including for people who are not yet our patients.
Education, not medical advice. This page explains home hemodialysis in general terms for patients and care partners in the UAE. It is reviewed by Trivita's Medical Director but cannot account for your individual circumstances. Never change a prescription, medication or technique based on this page alone.