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Used Glucose Strips

RuthieSadler

RuthieSadler

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Type of diabetes
Other
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Tablets (oral)
Hi, searched before but can’t find post - on holiday & wondering what to do with used Glucose Strips. Have them put back in the foils in a plastic bag should I just take them home & dispose in my sharpie bin? Thanks
 
that is what i do when on holiday....hope you're having a great time !!
 
Why not just put them in the bin? They aren’t sharp and have way less blood on them than sanitary products left in a bin, so shouldn’t be a problem.
 
I use an empty test strip container for the used ones when travelling, which is ok until you pick it up by mistake and try using a used one.

No help that mind :p so just find an old bag or something and throw them away in that maybe.
 
RuthieSadler said:
Hi, searched before but can’t find post - on holiday & wondering what to do with used Glucose Strips. Have them put back in the foils in a plastic bag should I just take them home & dispose in my sharpie bin? Thanks
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like @kev-w I use an empty test pot for my strips and lancets all the time. To save getting them mixed up I put a red dot (them sticky paper ones or you could use marker pen) on lid of used pots. :)
 
Mine also go straight in the bin. When I was using Codefree that came in a handy plastic tub, I used to take the label off an empty tub and put them in there.
 
I use the box that the plastic tub comes in for my tests strip (and maybe 1 lancet a quarter.). seal it up and in the bin.
 
Those little tubs come in handy. I used one for taking a urine sample to a hospital appt on one occasion.
 
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