December 15, 2007
Home dialysis: The equipment will fit in your home.
New technological advances have made more reliable and user-friendly home dialysis machines and water treatment equipment available for home dialysis patients. This new generation of machines is easier to set up, clean and disinfect while offering increased flexibility and a much more comfortable experience for patients. The newest home dialysis machines are designed to take up less space and require fewer supplies, which mean less required storage space.
The NxStage System One machine for home hemodialysis weighs 75 pounds and is 15 x 15 x 18 inches. The water purification system used with the NxStage machine is the PureFlow system. The PureFlow system is approximately the size of a small refrigerator. The NxStage machine sits on top of the PureFlow system. If you need to take your NxStage machine on a trip, you can simply lift it off of the PureFlow system and take it with you. The PureFlow system is not built to travel so you will simply need to bring bags of solution with you on your trips to use with the NxStage machine.
View an animated presentation of how the NxStage System One and PureFlow system work on the NxStage website.
Peritoneal dialysis cyclers for automated peritoneal dialysis have also been designed to take up less space. In fact, Baxter’s HOMECHOICE and HOMECHOICE PRO system is approximately the size of a VCR and easily fits on a nightstand. View a photo of the system on Baxter’s website.
These new, smaller home dialysis machines make it easy for people who live in small homes or apartments to do home dialysis.
Learn more about home dialysis at www.davita.com/home.
Home hemo and peritoneal dialysis information is available online. Find out if it's right for you.
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Pat Harris said,
April 18, 2008 @ 8:10 pm
My sister was just started on HD and is to be trauned for HHD. We have a cruisetour to Alaska scheduled for the beginning of June. A Hd nirse said she has heard of dialysis machines being delivered to the cruise ship for use on board. She couuld not remember the name of the company. Does your company provide this service since you have centers in Alaska?
We are doing a 7night cruise, then 5 night inland package. Once the cruise is over, she can receive treatment in centers in Anchorage and Fairbanks, and not be off schedule. The problem is that during the cruise, only Juneau has a dialysis center- this would mean she would have to go from Wed to Tues withoyut a treatment.
Any suggestions you could offer would be greatly appreciated.
caroline said,
May 6, 2008 @ 8:00 am
try this site
http://dialysisatsea.com
monique said,
June 21, 2008 @ 11:19 am
my mother in law takes dialysis three times a week she lives in virginia and she has family in newyork that she visits at least twice a year she used to get her treatments free but is now being told she has to pay if she wants to go to newyork she is not wealthy and hardley has the means to take care herself what can she do to get the treatments for free?
monique said,
June 21, 2008 @ 11:57 am
can you travel with this machine?
BT said,
July 17, 2008 @ 7:09 pm
My husband and I are new to Home Dialysis and hope to travel–we would love to hear from others who have traveled with the Cycler on airlines and also about traveling by car (providing we have a car large enough for dialysate bags plus the cycler, and of course, all of my clothes!!). Tips, problems, advise–all would be welcomed! Thanks