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Design for the Real World: Dialysis Machine

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Before the invention of the dialysis machine, kidney failure was basically a death sentence. Registered nurse Janice Breen explains how the design of dialysis machines has evolved since she started working with them back in 1973. Produced by Gretta Cohn.

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