APD Dialysis Fluid bag labelling

[Ken Shelmerdine]

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?

[KICKSTART]

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

[Chicken Little]

Right.  Yellow is the weakest.

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

[KICKSTART]

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

[Chicken Little]

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

[angela515]

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... 

[goofynina]

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

[KT0930]

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!