[Urgent] Could your dialysis machine POLLUTE your bloodstream?

When your kidneys FAIL… you could DIE waiting for an organ transplant that’s a match.

That’s why so many folks with end-stage kidney disease end up filtering their blood artificially.

According to the CDC, 360 people go on dialysis for kidney failure EVERY DAY.

Problem is, as you read right here in eAlert a couple of years ago, dialysis clinics are GROSSLY understaffed… and technicians and nurses are DANGEROUSLY overworked. (That was BEFORE the burnout that has run rampant among frontline workers in the wake of the recent pandemic.)

That’s not all…

Because safety violations include hands going unwashed and ungloved…

Tubing that’s not correctly disinfected…

And bloodlines that are improperly handled.

That’s according to state inspection records in California alone… which show that cross-contamination is commonplace, too.

Now we can add ANOTHER horror to this nightmare.

According to a SHOCKING revelation from the feds, this blood filtering therapy could be even LESS appealing than we thought!

The FDA has released an urgent warning over the potential presence of TOXIC chemicals in certain dialysis machines.

Turns out, there’s a risk that non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyl acids (NDL-PCBAs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (NDL-PCBs) could end up in the patient’s bloodstream during the filtering process.

Friend, just because there have been NO reports of adverse events related to this potential toxic exposure DOESN’T mean that no harm has been done.

After all, we DON’T know a lot about what these chemicals could do to the human body…

And I’m betting the VAST majority of patients wouldn’t THINK to blame their dialysis machine for any mystery symptoms they might experience!

What we DO know is that in animals, NDL-PCBA and NDL-PCB exposure has been linked to hormonal disruption (including messing with the male reproductive system)… liver issues… and neurobehavioral alterations.

NDL-PCBs are even considered a PROBABLE carcinogen!

What is this stuff doing in dialysis machines?? (Specifically, it’s been found leaching out of the silicon tubing in the machines’ hydraulics.)

The machines in question are certain models manufactured by Fresenius Medical Care: 2008T, 2008K2, and 2008K. ALL of these may be found at your local dialysis clinic… although Fresenius is no longer manufacturing the 2008K2 and 2008K models.

The maker of these machines has announced that it will REPLACE the polluted tubing ASAP…

But in the meantime, it claims the BENEFIT of using the offending machines outweighs the RISK…

And it advises dialysis clinics to CONTINUE using these machines if they’re the only ones available.

It’s true that you shouldn’t just STOP your dialysis treatments.

But if you have more than one dialysis clinic in your area… consider SWITCHING to one that uses a different model machine.

Now, the type of dialysis machine they use shouldn’t be your ONLY deciding factor.

INSPECT the facility in person before you start treatment there. Look for the use of antimicrobial barrier caps on the catheters. And if you see blood or urine on the floor or chairs… or any other unsanitary conditions… turn around and never look back.

Medicare’s Dialysis Facility Compare website also provides information on the track records of dialysis providers, including statistics on…

• patient death
• hospitalization
• hospital readmission
• bloodstream infections, and
• blood transfusions.

You want the LOWEST numbers possible for all those factors.