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

[Diane]

Empty med bottles are great for stashing used lancets!
Di
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] A question about travel and waste disposal


> One can get little squares or circles of cotton at a drugstore or
> grocery store; I use them to staunch the blood after poking my finger
> and hold meter and finger over it so nothing drips. The things are about
> an inch and a half in diameter.
>
> I use an old vitamin bottle to store needles, test strips and lancets in
> unless I forget! (grin)
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "dmgina" <dmgina at qwest.net>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 7:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] A question about travel and waste disposal
>
>
> Now tell me more about this Mike,
> What is it you use?
> I don't understand for what/
>
> --Dar
> www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/5779
> Every saint has a past
> every sinner has a future
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 8:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] A question about travel and waste disposal
>
>
>> 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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