DIALYSIS TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION
TEST BANK 2026 COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Function of dialysis. Answer: Filters wastes and excess water out of
the blood
● Two main types of dialysis. Answer: Hemodialysis (HD)
Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)
● Stage 4. Answer: 30% function
70% gone
● Hemodialysis (HD). Answer: An entry into the patient's bloodstream:
a vascular acess
● HD can be done in different ways:. Answer: - Standard in-center: in a
dialysis center 3 times a week for 4 hours
- Nocturnal in-center: in a dialysis center at night 3 times a week for 8
hours
- Standard home: at home 3 times a week/every other day for 4-6 hours
- Short daily home: at home 5 or 6 days a week for 2.5-4 hours
- Nocturnal home: at home 3-7 nights a week for 8 hours
, ● Peritoneal Dialysis. Answer: - Home treatment; uses tiny blood
vessels in the peritoneum (lining of the abdomen).
- 7 days a week
● 1972. Answer: Congress was convinced that it made sense to help
patient be working, tax-paying citizens
● 1973. Answer: Public Law 92-603, the Medicare End-Stage Renal
Disease (ESRD) Program took effect
● Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Program. Answer: This
program gives Medicare patients who have worked enough to qualify for
Social Security
● Medicare (run by CMS--Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services). Answer: pays 80%
● Conditions for Coverage for ESRD Facilities. Answer: Conditions
dialysis clinics must follow
● Before Medicare. Answer: There were only a few dialysis centers
● After Medicare. Answer: There are more than 5,400 centers
TEST BANK 2026 COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Function of dialysis. Answer: Filters wastes and excess water out of
the blood
● Two main types of dialysis. Answer: Hemodialysis (HD)
Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)
● Stage 4. Answer: 30% function
70% gone
● Hemodialysis (HD). Answer: An entry into the patient's bloodstream:
a vascular acess
● HD can be done in different ways:. Answer: - Standard in-center: in a
dialysis center 3 times a week for 4 hours
- Nocturnal in-center: in a dialysis center at night 3 times a week for 8
hours
- Standard home: at home 3 times a week/every other day for 4-6 hours
- Short daily home: at home 5 or 6 days a week for 2.5-4 hours
- Nocturnal home: at home 3-7 nights a week for 8 hours
, ● Peritoneal Dialysis. Answer: - Home treatment; uses tiny blood
vessels in the peritoneum (lining of the abdomen).
- 7 days a week
● 1972. Answer: Congress was convinced that it made sense to help
patient be working, tax-paying citizens
● 1973. Answer: Public Law 92-603, the Medicare End-Stage Renal
Disease (ESRD) Program took effect
● Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Program. Answer: This
program gives Medicare patients who have worked enough to qualify for
Social Security
● Medicare (run by CMS--Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services). Answer: pays 80%
● Conditions for Coverage for ESRD Facilities. Answer: Conditions
dialysis clinics must follow
● Before Medicare. Answer: There were only a few dialysis centers
● After Medicare. Answer: There are more than 5,400 centers
