System and method for peritoneal dialysis exchanges having reusable energizing unit

A peritoneal dialysis system comprising:

• a peritoneal dialysis set provided to a patient;
• a disinfection unit configured to disinfect the peritoneal dialysis set prior to providing the set to the patient;
• a sterilization unit sized to accept the peritoneal dialysis set and configured to place the set into a physiologically safe condition to deliver fluid to the peritoneal cavity of the patient;
• a fill container;
• and
• an energizing unit that removably accepts the fill container, the energizing unit including a sterilization source so configured and arranged relative to the fill container when accepted by the energizing unit to place fluid within the fill container in a physiologically safe condition for delivery to the peritoneal cavity of a patient.

A peritoneal dialysis (“PD”) method comprising:

• providing a dialysate additive packet, a disinfected PD set and a drain container to a patient;
• at a patient station, providing a sterilizing unit and an energizing unit housing a fill container;
• enabling the patient to place the disinfected PD set into the sterilizing unit;
• causing the sterilizing unit to place the disinfected PD set into a physiologically safe condition for use with the patient;
• enabling the patient to empty the contents of the additive packet into the fill container housed by the energizing unit;
• causing the fill container to fill with purified water and mix the additive contents with the purified water to form PD dialysate;
• enabling the patient to drain effluent fluid to the drain container using the physiologically safe PD set;
• heating and sterilizing the PD dialysate to form a physiologically safe and properly heated dialysate;
• and
• when the effluent fluid drain is completed and the dialysate is physiologically safe and properly heated, enabling the patient to be filled from the fill container and through the PD set with the physiologically safe and properly heated dialysate.