Paragraph 5: Medical dialysis units.

The medical dialysis unit, defined in article R. 6123-63, has at least six haemodialysis treatment stations. The same haemodialysis station may not be used for more than three patients per twenty-four hours. The medical dialysis unit also has, for every six stations, at least one back-up haemodialysis machine for every six treatment stations installed, reserved for this purpose. Patients treated in a medical dialysis unit are transferred to a haemodialysis…

The medical dialysis unit operates with the assistance of a team of nephrologists, each of whom is qualified or competent in nephrology. This team may be shared with that of a haemodialysis centre; depending on the patient’s medical needs, it provides a visit from a nephrologist one to three times a week, during the session either on site or remotely under the conditions set out in articles R. 6316-1 to…

All the procedures necessary for each haemodialysis treatment session for these patients are carried out by the team of nursing staff. This team is sufficiently large to ensure the permanent presence, during the session, of at least one nurse for every four patients, without prejudice to other paramedical staff. If the unit organises training sessions for home dialysis or self-dialysis, an additional nurse is present during these sessions. When the…