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<blockquote data-quote="justmai" data-source="post: 97543" data-attributes="member: 14886"><p>I'm an ex nurse, every time you inject yourself with a needle you blunt it, there is no harm in using a needle twice as long as you resheath it after use. however it will hurt more the second time around as it's already blunt from using it the 1st time.</p><p></p><p>if you use syringes and needles you should put a new needle on after drawing up insulin as even putting it in the vial will blunt the needle.</p><p></p><p>However you are upping the risk of infection if you don't use a new needle each time, because you have placed it in your body it has your blood on it and is exposed to the airborne pathegens can be attracted to the blood on the needle.</p><p>I don't change my finger pricker each time, but i do use a new needle each time I inject.</p><p></p><p>Injecting through clothes, is not a problem as long as you make sure you are actually injecting through skin, your clothes are clean and holding for the full 5 seconds to make sure your insulin won't leak out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="justmai, post: 97543, member: 14886"] I'm an ex nurse, every time you inject yourself with a needle you blunt it, there is no harm in using a needle twice as long as you resheath it after use. however it will hurt more the second time around as it's already blunt from using it the 1st time. if you use syringes and needles you should put a new needle on after drawing up insulin as even putting it in the vial will blunt the needle. However you are upping the risk of infection if you don't use a new needle each time, because you have placed it in your body it has your blood on it and is exposed to the airborne pathegens can be attracted to the blood on the needle. I don't change my finger pricker each time, but i do use a new needle each time I inject. Injecting through clothes, is not a problem as long as you make sure you are actually injecting through skin, your clothes are clean and holding for the full 5 seconds to make sure your insulin won't leak out. [/QUOTE]
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