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Dick Durbin: “The technology exists to put a scale in that bed and not have to move the patient.”

On the recordJune 27, 2001
The technology exists to put a scale in that bed and not have to move the patient.
Said by
Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
Source
congress.gov
Jun 27, 2001

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Senator Durbin highlights technology that can ease nurses' workload.

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