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| | Baxter Dialysis Filters May Be Linked to Deaths of Kidney Patients (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Baxter International, Inc. announced the world-wide recall of its kidney dialysis blood filters (also called Dialyzers) series A, AF and AX on October 18, 2001, after an investigation by the United States Food and Drug Administration determined the possibility of a link between the Baxter dialysis filter and the deaths of 51 persons worldwide. |
 | | Baxter is one of the world's largest providers of renal (kidney) products and was one of the first companies to produce hemodialysis machines 20 years ago. |
 | | More recently, in March 2000, Baxter International, Inc. acquired Althin Medical AB, the manufacturer of the A, AF, and AX series dialyzers or blood filters that are the subject of this worldwide recall. |
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