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A team of students devised a way to easily identify dehydration risk and fluid restriction
A team of students devised a way to easily identify patients at risk of dehydration or on fluid restriction
- Dehydration can cause kidney injury and lead to acute kidney failure
- The Team Hydr8 innovation uses yellow lids on water jug to identify patients at risk
- The initiative is being taken up by hospitals in Sheffield and Jersey
Dehydration was a factor in the deaths of 429 hospital patients in England and Wales, according to latest figures.
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