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Welcome to the non-profit Medical Education Institute's Home Dialysis Central blogspot! This page is an umbrella under which Home Dialysis Central staff and guests can share their perspectives about home therapies and what we need to do to raise their profile and enable more people to use them. We'd like your comments as well! Bookmark our site and like us on Facebook! Help us tell the world about home dialysis.
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When Saline Becomes Gold: The Reality of Traveling With Home Hemodialysis
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If you're traveling with home hemodialysis, check your supplies before you leave—and then check them again.
Published on 10/22/2026 by Dawn Smith Bates
Tags: Making dialysis better, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Memories of Dori Schatell
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Dori had a remarkable ability to connect with people and make complex medical information understandable, accessible, and useful to those who needed it most.
Published on 10/15/2026 by Home Dialysis Central and Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: Making dialysis better, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’,
End of the Summer Schedule Changes
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We can help prepare for these seasonal changes by recognizing the pattern and acknowledging that home dialysis routines do not necessarily have to look the same all year long
Published on 10/08/2026 by Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: Making dialysis better, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Throwback Thursday: The Insignificance in The Significant
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However we have dreams, hopes, and lifestyles, and I hope those reading this get a glimpse into the pros, and cons of our choices in the fate of chronic kidney disease.
Published on 10/01/2026 by Home Dialysis Central
Tags: Making dialysis better, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
First, They Flew a Sausage
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Here’s a mind-blowing new one: NASA, UNOS, and LifeNet recently test-flew drones carrying human kidneys.
Published on 07/02/2026 by Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,