Smart Solutions for Hospital Dialysis: Focusing on Operational Safety

Dialysis is not always the same. While outpatient centers work with predictable routines, the reality in hospital dialysis is different: acute emergencies requiring immediate treatment, inpatients who need ongoing dialysis, and regular dialysis patients all come together in a hospital’s nephrology department. This leads to fluctuating workloads, making operations less predictable. At the same time, such departments are integrated into the hospital’s infrastructure and, unlike standalone practices, cannot operate as independently.

Operational safety is always the top priority. How can those responsible ensure that processes remain safe and efficient, even in the most hectic situations? For example, how can you make sure there are no issues in water treatment?

Special Features of Hospital Dialysis

• Patient mix: In addition to chronic dialysis patients, acute cases are treated (e.g., poisonings, acute kidney failure).
• Variable workload: While dialysis centers have fixed treatment schedules, capacity in hospitals is hard to predict.
• Integration into hospital infrastructure: Water treatment and dialysis supply are part of a larger system. This creates opportunities for synergies, but also challenges in management.

The Challenge: Control Despite Dynamics

Fluctuating workloads mean:

• Process management is crucial. Those who always have an overview can deploy resources optimally and minimize risks. Hygiene standards and ISO norms (such as ISO 23500) must be met even under stress, as patient safety is paramount.
• Efficiency matters. Hospitals also need to save energy, water, and costs—especially as operating expenses rise.

How Smart Solutions Support

GPS Smart Water monitors relevant consumption data in real time.

GreenTec Performance System (GPS): Monitoring for maximum control

Our GPS software continuously monitors the components of water treatment. It provides the necessary data to make water treatment more efficient and to increase operational safety.

These are the benefits GPS offers for hospital dialysis:

• Real-time data and alarm management help monitor processes (such as water treatment) safely, even with fluctuating workloads.
• Hygiene parameters like A0 values are continuously tracked.
• ISO 23500-compliant daily logs make seamless documentation easier.
• Automated data transfer reduces manual errors, saves time, and relieves staff.
• Remote monitoring enables quick response to disruptions—without extra trips.

ISO 23500-compliant digital daily log

Resource Efficiency Through Tailored Solutions for Hospital Dialysis

Every hospital is different. Supply structures vary. We analyze the local conditions and develop solutions that optimally connect processes and infrastructure.

• We integrate our solutions individually into existing infrastructure. Off-the-shelf solutions do not work in this environment.
• Many hospitals have a combined heat and power plant or use district heating and central heating systems. Our Cross-Sector Integration can be connected to these heat sources and intelligently networked to save energy and costs in water treatment.
• Digital process monitoring via our GPS software reveals optimization potential to save energy, water, and thus operating costs.