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Thread: what do I do?

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#14 (permalink)

10-12-2008, 01:39 PM

Hammer

Senior Member

I am a: Type 2

Join Date: Mar 2008

Location: Earth (I think)

Posts: 1,441

Quote:

Originally Posted by art

Never, ever use alcohol swabs.
Just wash your hands.

Art

Why shouldn't you use alcohol swabs? I use cotton balls soaked in alcohol all the time because it's the best way to kill germs. Of course I make sure that the alcohol is totally dried up before I test so that there isn't any alcohol mixing with the blood sample.

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Byetta and Lantus for diabetes.