Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... DaVita continues to allow patients to reuse their filters — artificial kidneys, in essence — even as many other dialysis companies have abandoned the ...

“The reuse of dialyzers is a safe, widely utilized practice throughout the industry,” DaVita spokesman Vince Hancock said in an e-mailed statement. “The federal government, which oversees dialysis ...

When the kidneys stop functioning, dialysis becomes essential. This procedure utilizes a dialyzer to filter waste from the blood through an artificial mechanism. In cases of kidney damage, dialysis ...