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How do you dispose of your lancets and test strips

A DiabetesTeam Member asked a question 💭
Brampton, ON

How do you dispose of your lancets and test strips

October 24, 2016
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Members shared practical approaches to safely disposing of lancets and test strips, with the overwhelming consensus being to use a sharps... Read more

Members shared practical approaches to safely disposing of lancets and test strips, with the overwhelming consensus being to use a sharps container obtained from a local pharmacy or doctor's surgery and return it for proper medical waste disposal when full. Several members offered creative alternatives for those without access to official containers, including using empty detergent or bleach bottles to safely store sharps at home before disposal. A recurring theme was the importance of never putting medical waste in regular trash due to safety and legal concerns, with many emphasizing that pharmacies and some county facilities offer free or low-cost sharps disposal services.

A DiabetesTeam Member

I go to the pharmacy and get a sharps container and when that is full, I take it back there and they give me another one to replace the full one. Easy peasy !!

November 2, 2016
A DiabetesTeam Member

You cannot bin clinical waste you take it back to your. Local pharmacy..and they seal and dispose of . DO NOT PUT IN YOUR USUAL WASTE !!!

October 29, 2016
A DiabetesTeam Member

I keep a "sharps box" and put them in there. When full I take it to the pharmacy for disposal.

October 24, 2016
A DiabetesTeam Member

My needles come in a sharp box, it dispenses new needles from bottom, old one in top. When full I take to one of the county buildings, have a sharps drop off place

June 22, 2017
A DiabetesTeam Member

Sometime pharmacies will dispose of needles etc

May 29, 2017

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