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<blockquote data-quote="Neohdiver" data-source="post: 1258982" data-attributes="member: 258692"><p>I use fastclix (so the lancets are contained within the cartridge). I use one until it starts to be painful, then advance then next one. No way to clean them off, since they are contained within the cartridge. It's been at least a week (at ~4 tests per day) since I advanced a lancet.</p><p></p><p>@Shari67 - the risks associated with reusing a cartridge (not including sharing it with others) is not comparable to smoking. Pain (because reuse does dull the needle) is a personal tolerance - not a health risk. There is a minor risk of infection - but no more than any other skin break made by an unsterilized item (and probably a lot less, since the lancet is kept inside a protective device, inside a carrier. I've got 5 skin breaks on my right hand at the momet that are completely unrelated to lancing them - each of which is larger than a lance prick and thus much more prone to being infected. In general, bacterial infectins (if any develop) are pretty easily treated - unlike lung cancer.</p><p></p><p>I am generally healthy and have no problems healing. I'll take my chances with reusing. That's not something I would do with even a single cigarette - the risks are significantly higher, and the consequences far more grave.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neohdiver, post: 1258982, member: 258692"] I use fastclix (so the lancets are contained within the cartridge). I use one until it starts to be painful, then advance then next one. No way to clean them off, since they are contained within the cartridge. It's been at least a week (at ~4 tests per day) since I advanced a lancet. @Shari67 - the risks associated with reusing a cartridge (not including sharing it with others) is not comparable to smoking. Pain (because reuse does dull the needle) is a personal tolerance - not a health risk. There is a minor risk of infection - but no more than any other skin break made by an unsterilized item (and probably a lot less, since the lancet is kept inside a protective device, inside a carrier. I've got 5 skin breaks on my right hand at the momet that are completely unrelated to lancing them - each of which is larger than a lance prick and thus much more prone to being infected. In general, bacterial infectins (if any develop) are pretty easily treated - unlike lung cancer. I am generally healthy and have no problems healing. I'll take my chances with reusing. That's not something I would do with even a single cigarette - the risks are significantly higher, and the consequences far more grave. [/QUOTE]
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