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Former dialysis patient Sachi Kuwahara, 39, poses for a portrait at her home in Chandler, Ariz., on Feb. 12, 2022. Kuwahara was born with a condition known as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis and underwent dialysis treatment for years before receiving two kidney transplants.Photo by Alberto Mariani | AZCIR
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Repeat safety violations, critical resource shortages put Arizona dialysis patients at heightened risk

Shaena Montanari. Photo by Lidia Terrazas by Shaena Montanari March 8, 2022March 9, 2022

Since 2019, nearly three-quarters of Arizona’s 130 outpatient dialysis clinics were cited for health and safety violations that could put patients at an increased risk for life threatening infections. COVID-19 has further compounded those risks as clinics face nationwide medical staffing and supply shortages.

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