Standards for accurate in vitro characterization of dialyzers: test case the Vivacell.

A standard format is proposed for cataloging dialyzer transport data in order to improve communication and understanding of published results. The need for such a format is obvious from the ambiguity and lack of uniformity in published data. This report for in vitro characterization also describes an adequate experimental set-up for proper dialyzer characterization and an improved means for reporting uncertainty where curve fitting techniques are employed. The Vivacell dialyzer has been evaluated by these means as the first test case.