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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Home Dialysis => Topic started by: Ken Shelmerdine on July 16, 2007, 05:48:38 AM

Title: APD Dialysis Fluid bag labelling
Post by: Ken Shelmerdine on July 16, 2007, 05:48:38 AM

I've noticed on a few home dialysis posts of people in the USA the mention of 1.5 strength of fluid and similar figures. Iv'e gleaned up to now that 1.5 are the yellow bags of the weakest fluid. There must be some kind of different labelling procedures because in the UK yellow bags are labellled 1.36% and green 2.27%. Any body know why this is?

Title: Re: APD Dialysis Fluid bag labelling
Post by: KICKSTART on July 16, 2007, 06:31:41 AM

Never noticed till you mentioned it . I am on Uk yellows, greens and occasional orange (which i think is 3.36? )

Title: Re: APD Dialysis Fluid bag labelling
Post by: Chicken Little on July 16, 2007, 11:25:31 AM

Right.  Yellow is the weakest.

Yellows are 1.5%
Greens are 2.5%
Reds are 4.5%

Title: Re: APD Dialysis Fluid bag labelling
Post by: KICKSTART on July 16, 2007, 11:27:35 AM

Yeah we are just wondering why they are different strengths to ours in the  :ukflag;   ?

Title: Re: APD Dialysis Fluid bag labelling
Post by: Chicken Little on July 16, 2007, 11:33:51 AM

Mmmmm.  No idea.  I wish we had something lower than 1.5 though. 

Title: Re: APD Dialysis Fluid bag labelling
Post by: angela515 on July 16, 2007, 08:56:13 PM

Quote from: Chicken Little on July 16, 2007, 11:33:51 AM

Mmmmm.  No idea.  I wish we had something lower than 1.5 though. 

You know the whole time I was on PD, I could never use a 1.5...  :lol;

Title: Re: APD Dialysis Fluid bag labelling
Post by: goofynina on July 16, 2007, 10:28:32 PM

What is a 1.5?  lol,  i've never used it either  :oops;

Title: Re: APD Dialysis Fluid bag labelling
Post by: KT0930 on July 17, 2007, 04:42:49 AM

I'm not quite as bad as Chicken, I don't need anything lower than 1.5, but I think I've used five 2.5 the whole nine months I've been doing PD...I think a 4.25 would knock me out!