I change mine every time also.I was told to change them every time you do a BG reading mainly for a true reading as blood from previous reading could give a misread reading. I don't know only been told this off my Diabetic nurse.
'False readings due to prior pricks with same puncher-needle is all b******s, so no worries.Well since I have to pay for mine I just use the 'Ouch' rule. As a T2 not on insulin a false reading isn't quite such a problem to me.
Well I've been using the same needle for months and just did a reading with it. 1 hour after eating lunch 6.6. Then I changed the needle - still 6.6, so actually I think it might be all b******s! False reading due to out of date test strips or not washing hands, I can understand. As a T2 who has never been advised to test by any HCP's then I can make my own decisions regarding needles. Thanks to you though I don't have to think about it again for a couple of months.'False readings due to prior pricks with same puncher-needle is all b******s, so no worries.
I also find that your bg and health as a T2 is as important as my bg and health as a T1, so no reason to downgrade your relevance as a human being versus others. We all deserved the best from life! ;o)
I also find that your bg and health as a T2 is as important as my bg and health as a T1, so no reason to downgrade your relevance as a human being versus others. We all deserved the best from life! ;o)
I use the same lancet for weeks at a time but am very very careful to carry out as clean an operation as possible, always putting out a clean kitchen paper towel, washing hands well and wiping fingers with alcohol, and as for the lancet ? I wipe it with alcohol and keep it wrapped in an alcohol soaked tissue in a sealed tube , in the fridge and only test once a day [ early morning ] . Have had no infection problem.excuse my terminology i call it a finger pricker but im not sure whats the correct word is for it, i have been testing for years and recently upgraded myself to a nice bayers contour usb to keep track of my records etc, i noticed when reading the quick start quide that it says you should replace the lancet needle every time you test, with my old meter i only replaced it every 5 times because this is how i have done it since i was diagnosed as a boy and no one has ever told me they were single use.
got me thinking i have probably been risking infection all these years from reusing them?