FRESENIUS WATER TEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Two sources of water available to a dialysis facility - Correct Answers -Ground
Surface
Examples of ground water - Correct Answers -Wells
Springs
Examples of surface water - Correct Answers -Lakes
Rivers
Streams
Ponds
Unsafe water places the dialysis patient at risk for _____ or even _____ - Correct
Answers -Physical harm
Death
Exposure to aluminum can cause __________ - Correct Answers -anemia
bone disease
Neuro/Encephalopathy
Bone disease can be caused by exposure to ________ - Correct Answers -Aluminum
Fluoride
Bacteria and virus can cross through a _____ or _______ membrane - Correct Answers
-Torn
Damaged
Bacteria and virus can cause _____ - Correct Answers -Sepsis
Part of a bacteria cell wall, released with it is destroyed or killed - Correct Answers -
Endotoxin
S/S of a pyrogenic reaction - Correct Answers -Fever
Uncontrollable shakes
Chills
Hypotension
N/V
, Organic contaminants that may be found in source water located close to golf course or
farms - Correct Answers -Pesticides
Herbicides
Inorganic contaminants that may require the use of a multi-media filter - Correct
Answers -Mud
Silt
Sand
Bound chlorine is also ______ chlorine - Correct Answers -Combined
Free chlorine is ______ - Correct Answers -Unbound
_____ and _____ combine to make chloramine - Correct Answers -Chlorine
Ammonia
The acceptable range for Total Chlorine is ____-_____ - Correct Answers -0.00-0.09
Total Chlorine testing is done initially _____ and then ______ - Correct Answers -Before
1st pt Tx
every 4 hours
Exposure to high levels of chlorine can lead to ______ - Correct Answers -Hemolysis
Destruction of red blood cells - Correct Answers -Hemolysis
S/S of hemolysis - Correct Answers -Chest pain
SOB
N/V
In hemolysis, blood will be ______ - Correct Answers -translucent cherry pop colored
City water entering the facility begins the _____ pathway - Correct Answers -Fluid
The purpose of the backflow preventors is to ______ - Correct Answers -prevent water
flowing back into city water and contaminating local water supply
The TDS setting of the RO should be set at _____ times the TDS reading - Correct
Answers -two
One method to test the performance of the RO is to calculate: - Correct Answers -
Percent Rejection:
(Feed TDS-Permeate TDS/Feed TDS X 100)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Two sources of water available to a dialysis facility - Correct Answers -Ground
Surface
Examples of ground water - Correct Answers -Wells
Springs
Examples of surface water - Correct Answers -Lakes
Rivers
Streams
Ponds
Unsafe water places the dialysis patient at risk for _____ or even _____ - Correct
Answers -Physical harm
Death
Exposure to aluminum can cause __________ - Correct Answers -anemia
bone disease
Neuro/Encephalopathy
Bone disease can be caused by exposure to ________ - Correct Answers -Aluminum
Fluoride
Bacteria and virus can cross through a _____ or _______ membrane - Correct Answers
-Torn
Damaged
Bacteria and virus can cause _____ - Correct Answers -Sepsis
Part of a bacteria cell wall, released with it is destroyed or killed - Correct Answers -
Endotoxin
S/S of a pyrogenic reaction - Correct Answers -Fever
Uncontrollable shakes
Chills
Hypotension
N/V
, Organic contaminants that may be found in source water located close to golf course or
farms - Correct Answers -Pesticides
Herbicides
Inorganic contaminants that may require the use of a multi-media filter - Correct
Answers -Mud
Silt
Sand
Bound chlorine is also ______ chlorine - Correct Answers -Combined
Free chlorine is ______ - Correct Answers -Unbound
_____ and _____ combine to make chloramine - Correct Answers -Chlorine
Ammonia
The acceptable range for Total Chlorine is ____-_____ - Correct Answers -0.00-0.09
Total Chlorine testing is done initially _____ and then ______ - Correct Answers -Before
1st pt Tx
every 4 hours
Exposure to high levels of chlorine can lead to ______ - Correct Answers -Hemolysis
Destruction of red blood cells - Correct Answers -Hemolysis
S/S of hemolysis - Correct Answers -Chest pain
SOB
N/V
In hemolysis, blood will be ______ - Correct Answers -translucent cherry pop colored
City water entering the facility begins the _____ pathway - Correct Answers -Fluid
The purpose of the backflow preventors is to ______ - Correct Answers -prevent water
flowing back into city water and contaminating local water supply
The TDS setting of the RO should be set at _____ times the TDS reading - Correct
Answers -two
One method to test the performance of the RO is to calculate: - Correct Answers -
Percent Rejection:
(Feed TDS-Permeate TDS/Feed TDS X 100)
