Sensor has a battery so it goes with batteries. I throw my applicators in the general waste.I guess this comes up a lot. What is the way to dispose of Freestyle Libre applicators and sensors?
Different local authorities have different guidelines for disposing of clinical waste, so I would check my local council website for their WEEE, rules.I guess this comes up a lot. What is the way to dispose of Freestyle Libre applicators and sensors?
The sensor is not sharp, so this would be a waste.Ask at your Dr's for a sharps box they will then send for incineration or other methods of disposal
ohThe sensor is not sharp, so this would be a waste.
A sensor really doesn't belong in a sharps box. It isn't sharp, and it has a battery.I put my used sensor in the sharps box. As to the advice to put the used applicator into the sharps box, either Abbot have forgotten the size of the applicator or they have humungous sharps boxes! The ones supplied by my local authority have an opening sized for needles - and sensors - but no way could you get an applicator in there.
But it’s also - at least technically - contaminated with bodily fluids and therefore potentially a biohazard which should be incinerated?A sensor really doesn't belong in a sharps box. It isn't sharp, and it has a battery.
A lot of daily items are contaminated by bodily fluids.But it’s also - at least technically - contaminated with bodily fluids and therefore potentially a biohazard which should be incinerated?
Would you put a bloody plaster in a sharps bin then??But it’s also - at least technically - contaminated with bodily fluids and therefore potentially a biohazard which should be incinerated?
They don't provide every girl above the age of 10 with a sharps box to get rid of their monthly waste.But it’s also - at least technically - contaminated with bodily fluids and therefore potentially a biohazard which should be incinerated?
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]l bin as a must for putting the used applicator in. Don’t know why, never requested it. I get a new one once a year. The sensor I peel off sticky backing, cutoff filament and put in battery recycling.