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Perit Dial Int 8(4): 267-271 1988
© 1988 International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
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A Heat-Sealing Device to Disconnect Peritoneal Dialysis Lines

Jean Sharp and Malcolm G. Coulthard

Department of Child Health, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne

Correspondence to: Malcolm G. Coulthard, Department of Child Health, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK NEI 4LP.

A heat-sealing device was used to disconnect peritoneal dialysis tubing in children using manual dialysis or an automatic cycling machine in hospital and at home. The technique allows the peritoneum to be left either full or empty and reduces the risk of peritonitis by decreasing the number of times the tubing is opened. Families found it easy-to-learn, rapid, and reliable, with no problems encountered after 4000 usages. It provides a simpier, safer, and cheaper aiternative to standard disconnection methods.

KEY WORDS: Peritonitis; manual dialysis; automated dialysis; heat-sealing device.

Received 5 August 1988; accepted 12 September 1988.






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