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10-07-2007, 11:56 AM
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| | | Re-using lancets?
Some of you mentioned about re-using lancets.. You simple re-used them or you clean them after use??????? |
10-07-2007, 12:01 PM
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| | I am a filthy re-user and have been for 21 years.  |
10-07-2007, 12:07 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Royal Oak, Michigan
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Originally Posted by notme  I am a filthy re-user and have been for 21 years. |  , but for 23 years.
No I do not take them out to clean them. If I were to do that I might as well put in a new one. I just leave that same one in there until it's too dull to get any blood. I'd say at the most I use about 15 lancets in one year, and that's an estimate on the high side. Hmm. I could pop open the sharps container and count, I've had that sharps container for about 3 years I think.
And it's not because I'm cheap or insurance doesn't cover them. I have boxes of them in my closet.
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10-07-2007, 12:35 PM
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| | | I used to replace the lancet after testing each time than I heard about others not doing that - it just simply did not occur to me. So, now I change the lancet when I have to put a new barrel into the meter...I think it is after every 17 tests. I don't clean the lancet after each test. I just keep re-testing with it and it works just fine. |
10-07-2007, 12:43 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Texas
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| | | I just keep testing , I change it when I think about it.
Usually after I read one of these threads,LOL |
10-07-2007, 12:47 PM
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| | | Not changing brings up a question wouldnt there be a trace of blood left on the lance and would this have a small effect on the next test. And I would assume that as you reuse a lance it gets duller eventually becoming something like a rusty nail. |
10-07-2007, 04:33 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Bucks County, PA, USA
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| | You mean you don't have to re-use them? 
I used to use 2 per vial of 25 strips, now I just use 1 per vial, unless it starts to hurt sooner.
Wash them? I'd cut myself if I tried that!
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10-07-2007, 05:05 PM
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| | | I can't remember when I changed mine last. I guess I'll have to change it now. Yes I reuse them and use probably about 20 a year. Igues that is about 2 a month and I test about 10 times a day. No there is not a small amount of blood left on them. I don't bleed until I push on it. Yes they dull out but not bad enough for me to change them.
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10-07-2007, 05:11 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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| | | I don't re-use. scared of infection ! |
10-07-2007, 05:29 PM
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| | | On the lancet device I use the most often, I change it once a week when I set up my meds and vitamins in the organizers for the week. I do not clean the sharp thing after using it, either. I just use it for a week (or longer on the other two that I don't use as often). Change those when they start to hurt more due to being dull.
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10-07-2007, 06:32 PM
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| | | I bought a box of 100 this year. I figure that's almost a lifetime supply. |
10-07-2007, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by dacruzer I don't re-use. scared of infection ! | I don't use an alcohol swab or wash my hands before testing either. Quote:
Originally Posted by Scratch I bought a box of 100 this year. I figure that's almost a lifetime supply. | Yeah, that's about right.
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10-07-2007, 07:03 PM
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| | I've reused mine so often it's as sharp as a roofing nail! |
10-07-2007, 07:13 PM
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10-07-2007, 08:14 PM
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| | | you can change them?
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