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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Working in the field of Renal Technology? Why not become a member of ART? Find out more...​

 Latest News...

06/07/2019 - MHRA SECTION BELOW
A new alert from the MHRA can be seen in the selection further down the website homepage.
02/07/2019 - JOBS PAGE
There is a new BAND 7 job on the Jobs Page.
19/06/2019 - JOBS PAGE
There is a new job with Fresenius to view on our Jobs Page.
19/06/2019 - COMPANY LINKS PAGE
Andrac Ltd have been added to the Company Links page.  Find out more about them...
19/06/2019 - ART DOCUMENTS DIRECTORY
Latest edition of the RA BBV policy has been uploaded to the directory.
19/06/2019 - NEWS ITEMS PAGE
Details for the 2019 Scottish Renal Association Conference are now published on the News Items page.
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.
Events Calendar
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24/7/19
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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24/10/19
SRA Conference 2019 - 24/25th October 
Easterbrook Hall, Dumfries & Galloway, DG1 4TL                                     

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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
Dialog+ haemodialysis machines with software versions 9.xx (excluding versions 9.18, 9.1A, 9.1B) – software and hardware upgrade required 
Manufactured by B. Braun Avitum AG – Malfunction of the temperature sensor can result in temperature of the dialysis fluid to be more than ±1°C outside the programmed values, which can lead to inadequate treatment.
Issued: 26 June 2019
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