Test strip anomalies

[noblehead]

urine sticks ?!?! Luxury

I was given a set of test tubes, a pipette and a bottle of reagent tablets. It was 5 drops of pee + 10 drops of water... add a tablet and wait for the violent fizzing to stop, wait a further 10 seconds, shake gently and match the muddy mixture against a colour chart.

OK, this is getting too much like a Monty Python sketch

Bring back any memory's Robert....

:thumbdown:

 

[robert72]

Yep, except my Clinitest bottles had metal caps

 

[noblehead]

Yep, except my Clintiest bottles had metal caps

To be honest I can't remember if mine did or not :?

 

[robert72]

That's pretty much the kit I was given :crazy:

 

[noblehead]

That pre-dates mine Robert, here is the unit that I had that housed the test tube and dropler....

And this was the syringe and plastic holder....

 

[robert72]

I had a very similar blue syringe holder, but mine was part of a blue plastic box with clips for my vials of U40 regular and isophane. I remember boiling my syringe once a week, wrapped (disassembled) in a cotton hanky !

 

[noblehead]

I had a very similar blue syringe holder, but mine was part of a blue plastic box with clips for my vials of U40 regular and isophane. I remember boiling my syringe once a week, wrapped (disassembled) in a cotton hanky !

I do remember boiling the syringe, the surgical spirit which kept the syringe clean afterwards was a nightmare to dispell.... I'm sure I never use to get rid of it all and would inject it together with the insulin :crazy:

 

[jackmarknow]

How do you know it's your test strips?

 

[Ricky]

Taking a test strip from each batch and testing a drop of blood from the same finger one after the other!