Welcome to ARTERY.  
Website for
​The Association of Renal Technologists​

The purpose of ART  is to promote the field of work shared by technicians, technologists, engineers, scientists and other members of the multi-professional team working within the sphere of Renal Technology. The Association has over 200 members and are represented in many Renal Clinics throughout the United Kingdom.   Among its members are employees of the National Health Service and private sectors.

Feel free to view the website.  Should you wish to post on the Forum then you will need to register on the Forum Page here.

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Latest News...

17/04/2019 - JOBS PAGE
An exciting new vacancy has been uploaded to the Jobs page - HUGO are looking for a new recruit - could it be you?
16/04/2019 - ART MEMBERS PAGE
The minutes from the last committee meeting in Feb are available to read on the ART Members page.
30/03/2019 - MHRA SECTION BELOW
A new alert from the MHRA can be seen in the selection further down the website homepage.
26/03/2019 - NEWS ITEMS PAGE
An announcement about the ART President awaits on the News Items page!
12/12/2018 - NEWS ITEMS PAGE
An amazing new way of reusing old dialysers is shown on the News Items page.  So simple yet so good!
11/12/2018 - MHRA ALERTS
A new alert from the MHRA is listed further down the homepage.
19/10/2018 - ART MEMBERS PAGE
Two more presentations added to the ART Members Page page - GS1 labelling and Improving the sustainability of kidney care.
16/10/2018 - ART MEMBERS PAGE
Infection Prevention for Renal Technologists presentation added to the ART Members page.
Events Calendar
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16/05/19
Committee Meeting
Premier Inn, Yeadon, Leeds,                                                                       
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10/10/19
Annual Conference 2019 - 10/11th October
Crewe Hall Hotel, Crewe, CW1 6UZ                                                                       

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Bringing together patients, clinicians, renal technicians and others to share ideas for sustainable kidney care.                                                                             
Working together to develop, support and share improvement in kidney services to improve people's health and add value
Formed in 2000 with the aim of protecting the public by advocating statutory, professional regulation for Clinical Technologists.
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Renal related alerts and recalls for drugs and medical devices
Fresenius 5008/5008S haemodialysis machines - low risk of inadequate fluid removal during treatment
Manufactured by Fresenius Medical – inadequate ultrafiltration can occur due to sudden failure of the ultrafiltration (UF) pump.
Issued: 29 March 2019
​Gambro Ultrafilter U9000 microbial water filter – FOLLOW UP DOCUMENT.
The purpose of this communication is to inform you of a change in how Baxter is resetting the monitor counters on AK96 and AK98 v1 machines and to provide examples of weekly disinfection programs on Baxter dialysis machines.  ​
Issued: 25 March 2019
​Baxter Healthcare will be implementing design improvements in the CWP 800 (Central Water Plant) systems and Clinic Panels in order to make them compliant with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards
This issue does not have the potential to lead to adverse health consequences and there have been no associated adverse events reported.
Issued: 16 November 2018
​Potential for excessive fluid loss on low weight loss or other sensitive patients
Baxter is communicating important safety information regarding the potential for AK 98 Hemodialysis Devices to generate excessive ultrafiltration (UF) in certain situations where treatment-related alarms occur, or where there is an ultrafilter leak. 
Issued: 25 September 2018
​Novaline haemodialysis bloodlines used with Baxter/Gambro haemodialysis machines – Recall of specific products due to various problems encountered during clinical use (MDA/2018/025R)
Manufactured by Vital Healthcare Sdn for distribution by Baxter Healthcare Ltd – specific product codes manufactured in 2017 have functional and assembly issues which may lead to air entering the system, blood loss, clotting and delays in treatment.
Issued: 11 July 2018
​Gambro Ultrafilter U9000 microbial water filter – updated instructions due to leaks during use resulting in risk of hypovolemia.
Manufactured by Baxter Healthcare – undetected leaks may occur during use after repeated disinfection cycles causing hypovolemia  ​
Issued: May 2018
Vital Healthcare: Tubing Sets for Hemodialysis / NovaLine®​
Dialysis, blood lines: BL 208 / BL 207 / BL 211 SN / BL 200 HDF / BL 245
Vital Healthcare has identified the possibility of abnormal device behaviors of the NovaLine® Tubing Sets for Hemodialysis listed above.  ​
Issued: April 2018