This document summarizes how a dialysis machine works to clean waste from the blood of patients with kidney failure. It explains that dialysis machines use a semipermeable membrane in the dialyzer to allow waste substances like urea to diffuse out of the blood into a dialysate solution, while preventing larger components like blood cells from passing through. The concentrations of important substances and water are kept equal on both sides of the membrane to prevent their unwanted removal during the dialysis process.