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Originally Posted by SteveFromIowa  I was hoping someone would tell me about an inexpensive tiny dispenser of mini dry absorbant (& sterile) swabs that would fit neatly into my small pouch of diabetic stuff. Oh well! |
At work my boss used to buy c-fold paper towels for our dispensers. I used to cut them instrips and keep them in my meter case. When unfolded, each strip would wrap around my finger several times. I'd just hold it there for half a minute. We then switched to towels on a roll and I no longer do that, just keep the one folded tissue in the case and wipe on it constantly. Have you thought about cuttin up some gauze pads? Once cut they wouldn't be sterile but neither are tissues and I really don't think it matters. The holes usually close up so fast.
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And no one seems to have major problems with putting the small bits of bloody tissue in the trash so I'm sanitarily correct with that. And I didn't ask this before, but I assume that throwing the used test strips in the trash instead of a bio container is OK too. ?
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I've never thought twice about throwing bloody tissues or used strips in the trash. Someone mentioned Band Aids earlier, and I doubt most people worry about disposing of those in a special way. They just get tossed in the trash. If we had to worry about everything that comes in contact with blood, half of the population (women!) would need to invest in biohazard containers.
