the present invention is particularly well suited for these applications as it is easy to install maintain and sterilize the filter membrane in one embodiment of the present invention will tolerate a dialysate flow of from 300 ml min to 1000 ml min and will also tolerate a wide variety of disinfection regimens and chemicals as seen in fig2 the dialysate filter of the present invention is comprised of a housing 1 having a dialysate inlet port 2 a dialysate outlet port 3 and an access port 4 inside the housing is a filter comprising a bundle of fibrous membranes the housing can be made of any appropriate material which includes polycarbonate polypropylene polyethylene mixtures thereof and the like preferably polycarbonate forms the housing the housing is connected to the dialysate inlet port on a dialysis apparatus 5 through a female to female 34 hansen 34 or 34 walther 34 connector 6 the connector 6 may be attached directly to the dialysate outlet port of the filter 3 or may be connected via a hose or other interposed connection means to the outlet port 3 the connector 6 may take any shape but preferably is a straight line connect a 45 u00b0 angle connect or a 90 u00b0 angle connect more preferably the connector is a 90 u00b0 angle connect the fiber membrane contained within the housing may be made of any highly permeable filter medium for example polymeric fibrous membranes these membranes can be formed of polysulfone polycarbonate polyimide and the like the filter is preferrably made up of asymmetric microporous hollow fiber membranes in one preferred embodiment of the present invention the filter contains asymmetrical microporous hollow fiber.