Head Nephrologist at the Health Ministry, Khaled Zayed, said that Nephros dialysis ultra-filters used in the ministry’s hospitals are safe.
“The Ministry formed a committee from health and control sectors to investigate causes of allergies, following complaints from some dialysis patients who visited the Zarqa Public Hospital,” Zayed said Tuesday in a statement.
Zayed added that the number of chronic renal failure patients who receive treatment in dialysis units in the ministry’s hospitals and rented units from private hospitals is nearly 2000 patients.
He pointed out that these patients receive treatment through dialysis sessions on hemodialysis devices, with 13 sessions per patient per month.
Zayed explained that in each session, a filter is used for each patient, with measurements that differ from one patient to another according to his/her health condition.
He stressed that all these filters are safe and are being purchased by the ministry according to tenders that are being offered in accordance with the provisions of the general supplies system in terms of set specifications and preferences between prices, adding that these filters have been approved by the Jordan Food and Drug Administration.
He indicated that many hospitals and medical institutions use the same types of filters that are used by the ministry’s hospitals, noting that the ministry rarely receives comments on some patients allergies to any type of filters used in the ministry’s hospitals or other hospitals.
Despite of this, he said, allergies are treated according to the case, with the possibility of replacing the filter with another type for the patient for whom the used filter caused a certain allergy, explaining that different filters were used for only two patients in Zarqa Public Hospital, and it was found that they had an allergy to the used filters.
Source: Jordan News Agency