Baxter International Inc.

Baxter Healthcare Sa

Garrick Lawrence Maenle

Mark Edward Pasmore

Cristian Adolfo Menzel Bueno

Shawn Collin Oppegard

Robert Radford

A method of performing peritoneal dialysis (PD), the method comprising: delivering a PD fluid to the peritoneal cavity of a patient through a PD catheter; dwelling the PD fluid within the peritoneal cavity; and while dwelling the PD fluid, removing a biofilm from the PD catheter wall using a biofilm removing solution. The biofilm removing solution comprises: sodium citrate dihydrate; citric acid anhydrous; sodium lauryl sulfate; and water. In another aspect, a method for decontaminating a peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter and removing a biofilm from the PD catheter and a transfer set, the method comprising: providing a biofilm removing solution; transferring the biofilm removing solution into a syringe; connecting the syringe to a transfer set of the PD catheter; and filling the transfer set and the PD catheter with the biofilm removing solution.

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Arlington-Heights, IL, United States of America

Garrick Lawrence Maenle