Home machines fall into two broad families: conventional machines adapted for home use, and compact portable systems designed specifically for it.
What to know
- Conventional home machines offer the widest prescription range and are usually paired with a reverse-osmosis water treatment unit.
- Portable systems use pre-packaged dialysate or produce it on demand, take up far less space, and travel well.
- Machine choice follows your prescription, your home, and whether you intend to travel — not the other way round.
- Trivita supplies, installs, commissions, maintains and disinfects whichever system you are prescribed, and it stays in your home for as long as your treatment continues.
Talk to your care team
This topic is part of Getting Started with Home Hemodialysis, 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.