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<blockquote data-quote="tj-stickle" data-source="post: 361224" data-attributes="member: 63798"><p>As mum and wife to Type 1s, we have been lucky too with the sharps bin lottery. Both have them on prescription and we return them to the doctor's surgery when full.</p><p></p><p>Remember that if someone pricks themselves on a discarded sharp, they have no idea of the condition of the person who used it. Imagine what thoughts would run through your mind if you inadvertently pricked yourself of a discarded needle/sharp ... I know I would be imagining all sorts of horrible infections - HIV, Hepatitis, etc. </p><p></p><p>It is only fair to dispose of sharps through the proper channels - and that isn't the domestic, or any other, rubbish bin. If you are refused a sharps bin at your doctors' you have to take your request to your local authority and keep trying until they provide you with the service they are obliged to provide.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tj-stickle, post: 361224, member: 63798"] As mum and wife to Type 1s, we have been lucky too with the sharps bin lottery. Both have them on prescription and we return them to the doctor's surgery when full. Remember that if someone pricks themselves on a discarded sharp, they have no idea of the condition of the person who used it. Imagine what thoughts would run through your mind if you inadvertently pricked yourself of a discarded needle/sharp ... I know I would be imagining all sorts of horrible infections - HIV, Hepatitis, etc. It is only fair to dispose of sharps through the proper channels - and that isn't the domestic, or any other, rubbish bin. If you are refused a sharps bin at your doctors' you have to take your request to your local authority and keep trying until they provide you with the service they are obliged to provide. [/QUOTE]
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