David-Nottingham
Newbie
- Messages
- 4
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
I do the same but put the needle into the sharps bin . The middle of the sensor can be pushed out with a biro and put in the sharps bin as it has the sensor that goes under the skin, then I put the body of the sensor in the batteryI disassemble the sensor, take the battery out (you can put in some watches or whatever) and disassemble the applicator and throw the plastic into plastic container and the metal parts into the general waste... Maybe you could get some use of the spring inside also
I throw mine in the binHello all,
I am a new user of Free style libre 2 and can put sensors in sharps box but what do I do with the sensor applicator? It is too big to go in any sharps box I have had. Can I just throw it away? Any advice from more experienced users would be appreciated.
David
When I was diagnosed in 1986 that’s what I was given. Struggling being a newbie using this, which involved sterilising after each use (twice a day) I soon started buying packs of 10 disposable needles from my meagre wages (I did re-use them ).There is soo much plastic in the pharma industry I sometimes wonder whether going back to the 60's when my mum had insulin injections from a glass syringe w insulin drawn up from vial kept in the fridge wasn't more eco friendly
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