From: Particulates formed in dialysis fluid: effect of silica in tap water
Particle size (µm) | Number of particles (/mL) | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Online prepared substitution fluid | Commercial sterile substitution fluid | 5% glucose injection | ||||||
Final ETRF use time (month or months) | ||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||
< 5 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 488.0 | 4.3 |
5 ≤ | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 9.5 | 0.2 |
10 ≤ | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
25 ≤ | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |