[DickY]

Today's Daily Sun (10-18-10) has an article stating that The Villages Hospital began providing a sharps-disposal container for area residents to properly dispose of their used needles and lancets. The location is between the double doors of the entrance to the hospital at 1451 El Camino Real. The fire stations are not accepting them.

[DickY]

Today's Daily Sun (10-18-10) has an article stating that The Villages Hospital began providing a sharps-disposal container for area residents to properly dispose of their used needles and lancets. The location is between the double doors of the entrance to the hospital at 1451 El Camino Real. The fire stations are not accepting them.

[JenAjd]

I saw the article in today's Sun about this...so have a place to go! I test 2X daily and was told in my diabetes class never, EVER re-use the lancet!!! As someone said here you can get infection. Diabetics really are fragile people and it's a high-maintenance disease and nothing to be trifled with. For people who don't read the paper. We're to put the lancet's in a sealed plastic bag and there's a place just inside the door at TV-Hospital!!

I cannot believe someone would only test 2 or 3X per year!!!

[pooh]

Originally Posted by JenAjd

I saw the article in today's Sun about this...so have a place to go! I test 2X daily and was told in my diabetes class never, EVER re-use the lancet!!! As someone said here you can get infection. Diabetics really are fragile people and it's a high-maintenance disease and nothing to be trifled with. For people who don't read the paper. We're to put the lancet's in a sealed plastic bag and there's a place just inside the door at TV-Hospital!!

I cannot believe someone would only test 2 or 3X per year!!!

I believe they were saying that they only use 2 or 3 lancets per year, reusing one for quite a long time before using a new one....not that they test only 2 or 3 times per year.

[JenAjd]

If you are re-using your lancets you're setting yourself up for infection. Went to a class and was told never, ever do this. Also have clean hands AND used alcohol swabs each time to clean site besides. I test 2X daily for now...and use new lancets each time. As for disposal...the newspaper was timely in coming out with a solution to my original question. NEVER EVER dispose in the garbage. Think of ALL the people who have needles here and would do that...then think where your garbage goes. In the ground! You do not want to potentially have a needle re-infect someone down the line.
I will be putting my used lancets in a sealed plastic bag and will dispose it in the container provided at the hospital. It's free!!!!!

[starflyte1]

Do you use something like a zip lock bag and drop in box
Hospital?

[LittleDog]

I recall that there was a place to dispose of used needles at the Villages Hospital. Not sure if this service still exists.

John

[NotGolfer]

I put my used lancets in a larger RX pill bottle, when it's full I empty into a gallon sized plastic bag. It took about 2 years to fill the bag which I then took to the depository in the foyer of The Villages hospital. You place the whole thing in that...self-explanatory once you get there. I do my "stick" every day...using the FreeStyle lancets.

As stated before you should NOT put these in your regular garbage!!!

[applesoffh]

Both my hubby and I use plastic bottles for the test strips and lancets. The Villages Hospital has a drop slot for these items right inside the front door and to the right.

[borjo]

I was a visiting nurse. We instructed the home patients to put their lancets into a coffee can with a slot in the top plastic lid. When full, tape it well so it won't come apart and throw it in the regular garbage. Granted this was years ago, but still makes sense to me.

[applesoffh]

I have to say that I'm really pretty shocked! I've read all of the posts so far and just can't believe that people are re-using their lancets! Why on earth you'd risk an infection to save a couple of pennies (if that's the reason)? My husband tests 4 times a day, and I test twice. We would never think to re-use any of the lancets.

[Villageshooter]

I am at eight months diagnosed have lost 80 pounds diabetes is the best thing that ever happened for me to extend my life I dispose of all my lancets at the hospital they are very accommodating by exercise an hour every day take my meds alter my eating habits some What I am healthier now than I was before diabetes my doctor says I will live a long and happy life and diabetes will not kill me and I will have my eyesight and all of my limbs for my entire life because of diabetes It can be either a wake up call or a death call whichever you choose Be sure to get the free download book from Amazon called taming the tiger it will change your attitude. Be careful there is lots of mid-information out there about treatment find a good doctor in you will be in great shape! The first answer should never be more insulin or more medication it should be more activity and a better diet then with medication. I test five times a day anything over 120 I go out and walk a mile to bring my sugar down I use of fresh lancet every time it is almost foolish not to as cheap as they are I am not a doctor these are just the things that have happened to me and I was scared to death eight months ago now I am very comfortable with what is happened and moving on enjoying life

[petenj]

The villages hospital has a drop for sharpes.