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Disposal of dialysate in HIV-positive patients: an update
1Department of Medicine Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Advances in Renal Replacement Therapy
|October 1, 1996
Abstract:
One of the concerns with the use of peritoneal dialysis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients is disposal of the peritoneal effluents. This article reviews survival characteristics of HIV in dialysate effluents and current disinfectant strategies.