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Test strip anomalies

robert72 said:
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 ;)
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Bring back any memory's Robert....

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robert72 said:
Yep, except my Clintiest bottles had metal caps ;)
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To be honest I can't remember if mine did or not :?
 
That pre-dates mine Robert, here is the unit that I had that housed the test tube and dropler....

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

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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 !
 
robert72 said:
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 !
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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:
 
Taking a test strip from each batch and testing a drop of blood from the same finger one after the other!
 
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