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If a dialysis service wanted to reduce its environmental impact by choosing between haemodialysis and online haemodiafiltration, a KitNewCare study in Modena has an unhelpful answer: it barely matters. The more useful finding sits elsewhere in the same numbers.

Sustainability in dialysis has no shortage of good ideas. What it has lacked is a reliable way of telling the significant ones from the merely virtuous. Four KitNewCare-linked publications now put numbers on that question, and some of the answers are counter-intuitive.

KitNewCare, NetZeroAICT and CARING NATURE meet on 30 September 2026 for a joint session on measurement, digital innovation and operational change

Coordinator Brett Duane speaks on 1 October 2026, the day after KitNewCare opens the week with two sister projects

Few things in a dialysis unit look less like a strategic decision than the container the acid concentrate arrives in. Three KitNewCare studies, carried out independently in Spain, the Netherlands and Italy, have arrived at the same conclusion from different starting points: it is one of the most consequential procurement choices a haemodialysis service makes.

Peritoneal dialysis is often assumed to be the greener form of dialysis. It is done at home, it needs no water treatment plant and it spares patients three journeys a week to a clinic. A group of KitNewCare studies now shows that this reassurance is only half the story, and that where a patient is treated can matter almost as much as which therapy they receive.

KitNewCare has published the first edition of its newsletter, a new home for the project's progress, from hospital-level sustainability wins to upcoming conferences and free training for the wider kidney care community.

Five peer-reviewed abstracts accepted at the 63rd European Renal Association (ERA) Congress in Glasgow will put the KitNewCare consortium at the centre of Europe’s debate on how to make dialysis cleaner, safer and more affordable — without compromising patient care.

Kidney centres across Europe are joining forces with KitNewCare as new Associate Pilot Sites, helping to test and validate innovative solutions that aim to reduce the environmental footprint of kidney care while maintaining high-quality patient outcomes. Their participation marks an important step towards scaling sustainable kidney healthcare practices across diverse clinical settings and healthcare systems.

Across four European hospitals, clinical teams are transforming the way kidney dialysis is delivered cutting waste, saving energy, and reducing costs, all without compromising a single moment of patient care. This is the story of KitNewCare and its optimisations.

Every 20 seconds, somewhere in the world, a person dies from chronic kidney disease. Most of them never saw it coming. The condition progresses quietly, often without symptoms, until the damage is already severe. Now, new research involving scientists from across Europe warns that this silent disease is already affecting hundreds of millions of people, and could soon become one of the leading causes of death in Europe.

Sustainability in healthcare is no longer a distant goal, it is an urgent responsibility. As World Kidney Day 2026 approaches, KitNewCare partners across Europe are launching a series of webinars that explore how kidney care can evolve to meet the environmental, social and economic challenges of our time.