Welcome to Dialysis Resources
This area has been designed specifically for dialysis professionals in the medical device community. It serves as a resource on educational offerings, standards and publications, and contacts for other groups involved in medical device dialysis activities. The site also provides information on FDA and regulations affecting medical device manufacturers.
Dialysis Education
- ANSI/AAMI RD47 Webinar CD: Reprocessing of Hemodialyzers
- Home Hemodialysis, Acute Hemodialysis & Validation: Special Considerations and How They Link to ANSI/AAMI/ISO 23500 Webinar CD
Dialysis Standards
- AAMI Dialysis Collection
Two of the ten standards were published in 2012 (TIR45 and 60601-2-16). Consider the CD, which includes additional resources at no extra cost.
Order Code: DSBK13, DSBK13-PDF or DSBKCD
Link here. - Become involved in AAMI"s Dialysis Standards Committees
Committees made up of volunteers are the heart of the AAMI Standards Program. Committee members make recommendations on the need for new standards and other technical publications, determine when a document needs to be revised, draft new documents, and develop committee and public consensus on drafts.
To join:- Call +1 703 525-4890 x 1250
- E-mail standards@aami.org or
- Apply online at www.aami.org/standards/tc_join.html.
Dialysis Publications
- Hemodialysis Horizons
This is a special publication from AAMI intended to frame important issues affecting the hemodialysis field and to contribute to the safety of patients around the world.
Order Code: HH2006
Dialysis Links
- American Kidney Fund (AKF)
- American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA)
- American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO)
- American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
- American Society of Pediatric Nephrology (ASPN)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- National Association for Nephrology Technicians/Technologists (NANT)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
- National Renal Administrators Association (NRAA)