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...

20/02/2020 - CLICK PICTURE BELOW
WORLD KIDNEY DAY - 12th of March 2020.  See below.
18/02/2020 - NEWS ITEMS
Ever heard of Hard Water Syndrome?  Read more about it on the News Items page.
24/11/2019 - MHRA SECTION BELOW
A new alert from the MHRA can be seen in the selection further down the website homepage.
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.
Events Calendar
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19/02/20
ART Committee Meeting - 19th of February
Crewe Hall, Crewe                                   

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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
NxStage Medical - When operating within specification, actual UF during dialysis may be greater or less than the target UF volume.
NxStage Medical is issuing this Safety Notice to alert you of a potential patient health risk while performing chronic haemodialysis treatments in the home setting with the NxStage System One for patients with low blood volume (2.4 Liters or less in a patient with body weight of 30kg or less) when prescribing larger dialysate volumes
Issued: 27 August 2019
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