Yes (I'm in Northern Ireland)Are you in the UK?
For some reason your last reply is not showing in this thread (at least for me anyway), although I saw it in my email notification. I see you are in NI, not sure if your NI assembly (or whatever) control your NHS, like in Wales. Anyway, my sharps bin with the large hole is only 1.8l whereas my little one with small hole is 1l. I didn't realise they had sizes on them till I checked. I don't think I'd want a 7 litre one, it must be huge and I keep them in the kitchen. Not sure what will happen soon when I need a replacement 1.8l though as I got this one from a pharmacy adjoining the GP surgery whereas I get my prescriptions, etc from one nearer home.I did not check if they had large ones but I get the small (1L ?) box from them on prescription.
Thank you.This is from the Freestyle website -
How you dispose the Sensor components after use?
Used or unused Sensor packaging can go in general waste.
Once the Sensor has been placed on the arm, the used applicator (which contains a needle) and the lid can be screwed back together and can be placed in a yellow biohazard bag or sharps box.
The used Sensors are not sharps. The used sensor should be removed and wiped down with disinfectant, and then disposed of as electrical waste (the same as a battery).
Me neither.Can't see the point of putting the lid back on if you're using a sharps bin. It only fills the sharps bin quicker.
Well, the Libre site says dispose with batteries which I save up and put out with my recycling in a separate little plastic bag, but also a lot of supermarkets have bins for recycling batteries. Not sure what happens to them after that. But the Libre sensor looks a bit odd in with normal batteries. It’s not quite the same thing is it like a naked battery!Mine go into the normal bin, as unlike omnipod where they send you a box to put used pods in,dexcom and libre don't recycle the sensors. It might be worth joining a few groups on Facebook as there's a man who recycle the transmitter from dexcom g6 you may be able to find someone who recycles libre sensors.
Can't see the point of putting the lid back on if you're using a sharps bin. It only fills the sharps bin quicker.
I'm just going by what my nurse told me.Well, the Libre site says dispose with batteries which I save up and put out with my recycling in a separate little plastic bag, but also a lot of supermarkets have bins for recycling batteries. Not sure what happens to them after that. But the Libre sensor looks a bit odd in with normal batteries. It’s not quite the same thing is it like a naked battery!
I put the main parts and arm item in sharps bin .It's a shame nothing official has been said to clear up this problemI think the nurse told me it was all plastic and could be recycled with plastics but when I saw her and gave her my first used applicator thing, she put it her sharps bin. But I didn’t think it had a needle? The lid is obviously just plastic so no problem. What about the sensor itself? Does that go with other things with batteries or what? Do I need to use a sharps bin for the applicators? They are rather large, much larger than finger prick needles.
A sharps box is meant for things that are both sharp (so people can accidentally break their skin with it), and have been in contact with blood (bio hazard).I was informed by my diabetes nurse that the used sensor can go in my sharps box, so that's where they go.
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