Home Therapies
Home Hemodialysis
Patients have many advantages with home hemodialysis. Most patients dialyze more often at home, usually 4-5 times per week, which allows for fewer dietary and fluid restrictions. Without three trips to a dialysis clinic during the week, you can choose the dialysis schedule that works best for you.
During hemodialysis, a small amount of blood is taken from the body and passed through a filter called a dialyzer. Solution inside the dialyzer removes wastes, toxins and excess fluid from the blood. After passing through the dialyzer the filtered blood returns to the body. A specially prepared dialysis access is needed to perform hemodialysis. The forearm is a common site for a hemodialysis access.
Can be performed during the day or at night while asleep
Usually performed 4-5 times per week
Home treatment
Choose your own schedule with home hemodialysis from the comforts of your own home.
Patients have many advantages with home hemodialysis. Most patients dialyze more often at home, usually 4-5 times per week, which allows for fewer dietary and fluid restrictions. Without three trips to a dialysis clinic during the week, you can choose the dialysis schedule that works best for you.
During hemodialysis, a small amount of blood is taken from the body and passed through a filter called a dialyzer. Solution inside the dialyzer removes wastes, toxins and excess fluid from the blood. After passing through the dialyzer the filtered blood returns to the body. A specially prepared dialysis access is needed to perform hemodialysis. The forearm is a common site for a hemodialysis access.
Can be performed during the day or at night while asleep
Usually performed 4-5 times per week
Home treatment
How It Works
Home Hemodialysis Process
During home hemodialysis, a patient’s blood runs through medical tubing to a dialysis machine. The blood is reached using a prepared access site, typically from the patient's forearm.
The blood passes through a filter, called a dialyzer, in the machine. The dialyzer uses a solution, called dialysate, to absorb waste, toxins and excess fluid from the blood. After passing through the dialyzer, the filtered blood returns to the body.
You have two access options
Home Hemodialysis
Fistula
This surgical procedure connects your artery and vein, usually in your forearm. This method is often the best kind of access because your own tissue is used, which means a lower chance of infection and clotting.
Graft
This option uses a tube to connect your artery and vein under the skin. A graft might require additional maintenance or repair, but can last for several years.
Peritoneal Dialysis
Peritoneal dialysis, or PD, is another choice for home dialysis treatment.
PD does not use needles; rather, a warmed dialysate solution enters the peritoneal cavity through a small catheter in the abdomen, allowing for a more active lifestyle.