[Diabetes-talk] A question about travel and waste disposal

[Mike Freeman]

Kijuana:

Don't worry about it. With tissues, it's no different than if a kid had 
a nosebleed and had to use tissues; you just throw them away in the 
usual waste receptacles. Technically, only the strips and lancets are 
defined as medical waste. I never throw away lancets because they're too 
likely to stick some unwary garbage cleanup person. But, if the truth be 
told, there have been occasions when I forgot to bring a receptacle when 
I quietly threw a test strip iin the wastebasket. Not kosher, however, 
and I try to remember to bring a container.

But I wouldn't worry about the tissues.

I use little round cotton disks that one gets at the grocery store. 
They're great and they're thick enough that one can get several uses out 
of each one; I keep one in my meter case. I'm told that they eventually 
begin to look pretty gory, though; my social downfall is that I don't 
give a darn! Call me Rett Butler! <g>

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kc" <kcc86 at hotmail.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 5:00 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] A question about travel and waste disposal


Hi, all.  :)  I'm about to take a couple of train trips that will last 
just over 25 hours each.  I will have to test before at least two meals 
during that time.  I know I can bring a bottle for the needles and 
strips, but if I'd need to get rid of the tissues, are there rules on 
trains/plain/etc about disposal of such things?  I hope all of you have 
had a great weekend.
Hugs,
Kijuana

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