What are the impacts on dialysis patients and can chloramine contribute to kidney failure?
There is no evidence that chloramine ingestion can contribute to kidney failure. However, like chlorine, chloramine can harm kidney dialysis patients during the dialysis process if it is not removed from the water prior to dialysis treatment. This is because water used in the kidney dialysis treatment process directly enters the patients bloodstream. According to the Renal Dialysis Network system, the physician in charge of dialysis has the ultimate responsibility for selecting a water treatment system and maintaining the performance of that system once it has been installed and its performance verified. Patients using kidney dialysis should discuss the level of chlorine and ammonia removal with their physician or other health care provider to ensure proper treatment techniques are in place, properly monitored, and in sound working order. More information can be found at the following: http://www.esrdnetworks.
There is no evidence that chloramine ingestion can contribute to kidney failure. However, like chlorine, chloramine can harm kidney dialysis patients during the dialysis process if it is not removed from the water prior to dialysis treatment. This is because water used in the kidney dialysis treatment process directly enters the patients bloodstream. According to the Renal Dialysis Network system, the physician in charge of dialysis has the ultimate responsibility for selecting a water treatment system and maintaining the performance of that system once it has been installed and its performance verified. Patients using kidney dialysis should discuss the level of chlorine and ammonia removal with their physician or other health care provider to ensure proper treatment techniques are in place, properly monitored, and in sound working order.
