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Can lancets be used multiple times?
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<blockquote data-quote="annelise" data-source="post: 667837" data-attributes="member: 74652"><p>My short answer is YES - you can reuse. When just diagnosed, I actually asked the same question.</p><p> </p><p>And about 90% of replies from 'seasoned' diabetics was that they only changed the lancet when they felt that it had become a bit blunt. Some persons even answered that they would only change lancets when changing from summertime to wintertime and vice versa - which incidentally reminds me that it is now time to change mine <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p> </p><p>No one expressed concerns about hygiene. It is your own blood, and if you thoroughly clean your hands before using the lancet, it is highly unlikely that you will contaminate yourself.</p><p> </p><p>annelise</p><p> </p><p>- so I have lancets to last me for the rest of my life ... - that is, unless I reach the ripe old age of about 110 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="annelise, post: 667837, member: 74652"] My short answer is YES - you can reuse. When just diagnosed, I actually asked the same question. And about 90% of replies from 'seasoned' diabetics was that they only changed the lancet when they felt that it had become a bit blunt. Some persons even answered that they would only change lancets when changing from summertime to wintertime and vice versa - which incidentally reminds me that it is now time to change mine ;) No one expressed concerns about hygiene. It is your own blood, and if you thoroughly clean your hands before using the lancet, it is highly unlikely that you will contaminate yourself. annelise - so I have lancets to last me for the rest of my life ... - that is, unless I reach the ripe old age of about 110 ;) [/QUOTE]
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