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This special issue of Nephrology News & Issues offers the annual renal resources and buyers’ guide, a comprehensive directory of products and services available for the renal care community. The guide has two sections: a products-and-services listing, arranged alphabetically by category, with company contact information provided; and the company directory, an alphabetical listing of the companies included. The company directory lists the name and address of the company, its website address, and a brief description of the products or services offered. The products-and-services categories include blood analysis devices, blood lines, blood pressure monitors, business support services, CAPD equipment, catheters, CCPD equipment, chairs, clothing, concentrate, dialysis machines, dialyzers, diet and nutrition, disinfectants, dry mouth products, equipment maintenance and repair, facility planning, fistula needles, hemodialysis supplies, hemofiltration supplies, heparin, home hemodialysis, immunosuppressives, implantable infusion devices, insulin, medical waste disposal, monitoring devices, needlestick protection, patient education, office supplies, peritoneal dialysis, pharmaceuticals, plasmapheresis, rehabilitation and exercise, reprocessing, scales, shunts, software, training, sterilants, syringes, ultrasound, vascular access, and water testing and treatment. The guide includes a list of nephrology conferences for 2007, a handy list of websites for renal associations, and an information page on how to use the journal’s website, www.nephronline.com. |