Every home dialysis household should have a written plan that someone else could follow if you could not explain it.
What to know
- Where to go if home dialysis is impossible — a named backup centre, agreed in advance.
- How to reach the on-call nurse, the technologist and your nephrologist, on paper.
- The missed-session rule your nephrologist wants you to follow.
- An emergency renal diet for days when dialysis is delayed.
- Review the plan every six months and after any change in your prescription.
Talk to your care team
This topic is part of Emergency Preparedness, 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.