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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 229767"><p>Hi, I’m a little bit taken a back by this question! haha Why would anyone want to use a needle for a second, third, fourth time? As it says on the side of the box "Guaranteed for single use only"! Any doctors suggesting that you should be using a needles more than once needs to be reported to...umm where is the best place to report a doctor? I have no idea! It only takes one infected reused needle to give you an infection & that could easily lead to amputation! When i first got diabetes 30 odd years ago, disposable needles were non existent. We all used a single stainless steel needles, with an old stainless steel/glass syringe which was stored in a jar of surgical spirits in between uses, to keep it sterile! Years ago campaigners fought tooth & nail to get diabetics free disposable needles on the NHS! My first disposable needles were supplied to me through my diabetic health clinic at Perth Royal Infirmary, using charitable donations from the members of the public! Our beloved government actually choose to hand out disposable needles to junkies for free, long before we diabetics were ever issued on the NHS! So please, don’t knock a good thing, because if those in power ever get it in their heads that money could be saved....i guarantee you they will try their best & take our needles & other equipment away from us, so they can have even more funding for their wars in the middle east!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 229767"] Hi, I’m a little bit taken a back by this question! haha Why would anyone want to use a needle for a second, third, fourth time? As it says on the side of the box "Guaranteed for single use only"! Any doctors suggesting that you should be using a needles more than once needs to be reported to...umm where is the best place to report a doctor? I have no idea! It only takes one infected reused needle to give you an infection & that could easily lead to amputation! When i first got diabetes 30 odd years ago, disposable needles were non existent. We all used a single stainless steel needles, with an old stainless steel/glass syringe which was stored in a jar of surgical spirits in between uses, to keep it sterile! Years ago campaigners fought tooth & nail to get diabetics free disposable needles on the NHS! My first disposable needles were supplied to me through my diabetic health clinic at Perth Royal Infirmary, using charitable donations from the members of the public! Our beloved government actually choose to hand out disposable needles to junkies for free, long before we diabetics were ever issued on the NHS! So please, don’t knock a good thing, because if those in power ever get it in their heads that money could be saved....i guarantee you they will try their best & take our needles & other equipment away from us, so they can have even more funding for their wars in the middle east! [/QUOTE]
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