hey, thanks for replying.
so you can toss it once it full? i was told not to do that, but given no other options.
the hospital says they are not allowed to take them. it’s all very strange to me, it’s like there is no system in place.
my doctor’s office refuses to take them.
that’s a good idea. I’m always nervous it will pop open or someone will get hurt. Before I moved here and I was just suppose to throw them away so I’d put them in a big cracker tin and then duct tape it shut. haha everyone thought I was crazy but I just didn’t feel right about it.
thank you for your comment, it’s always a help to find out how other people handle these sorts of things.
thank you!
thank you for the advice, i appreciate it.
hahaha well, I’m making calls today, if I find out anything definite, I will certainly let you know. it’s so strange there’s not so obvious plan everyone can go by, that doesn’t work with treatment but it should with supplies. Honestly, we should make it as easy as possible when we can because the rest of it is so complicated.
thank you Betty, I appreciate your help.
after I use my syringes I put the cap back on it and throw it in an empty water bottle. I just save them as I drink the water from it. When its full I just toss it in the regular trash can. I also just toss the vials in regular garbage
I don’t know if it matters to you but when you throw undamaged syrings away anyone can make use of them if found. Before I was a pumper and used syringes I would always break off the needle and throw the syringe away. I guess it was being vengeful because I remember a time when you could purchase a syringe without a prescription.
If we do not have aids then we should make the needles available not mutilate them. some jurisdictions here in canada were giving free needles to drug addicts but not to diabetics. I don’t think the lack of needles will stop an addict.
I didn’t mean to imply that removing the needle would stop an addict just make it difficult to use.
We live in suburbia and it has never occured to me that diabetics could be a good source of needles for the addicts. Here the addicts have plenty of money to but their own needles unless the depression gets worst.
I mentioned above that I remember when I could get my syringes without a prescription, so those of memories I have from years ago. I have been pumping for many years and don’t have those concerns any more.
There are sharps containers that you can place these things in and send them back to the company who will dispose of them properly. I am guesisng the hospital cannot take them because if the sharps contaminate their waste stream, they ahve an unreal liability.
You may also ask your countty or city if they have a hazardous waste procesisng center. Genrally they will take these type of items.
rick phillips
I still can buy syringes without a prescription. What I do is pull the needles out with a pair of pliers and put them in an empty bleach bottle. I pull them out of syringes and the inset inserter device. The needle from my reservoir syringe goes into the bottle as do lancets. It takes a long time to fill a bleach bottle with only needles.
I have to say, please don’t just throw them into the trash. How would you like to be working for the sanitation department and experience a needle stick?
There are companies that drive around and pick up hazardous waste. Yes, there is a fee involved but if you saved only needles and not all the plastic you wouldn’t have to pay often. You may be required to use certain containers. I worked for a small physical therapy office and we would just call them when we needed a pick-up. The hazardous waste company comes from a place 120 miles away. Now I’m wondering if I could just drop them off when I’m in town. Will call and see.
Here in the big city it’s been many years since I have bought syringes without a prescription, In fact in the 1960s is when they enforced a law regarding syringes and having to have script. I dispose of my sharps in an old coffee can and when it’s fulI I put on the lid and tape it down with a sign that reads medical waste do not recycle.
Here is a list of counties in Florida and a detailed description of their Sharpes Disposal Program: www.miamidade.gov/dswm/sharps_disposal.asp
Here is a lost of pharmacies that participate in sharps disposal :http://browardchd.org/services/Environ_Health/EH/Sharpes/sharpes_dropoff.htm
Hope this helps you out…
You can buy a little gizmo that snips off needles at CVS. It’s the BD Safe-clip if I remember correctly. Snip off the needle and then you can dispose of the syringe in the regular trash.
I put all my used syringes, pen needles strips etc in an old detergent bottle and when it’s full I tape it shut and label it “Medical waste” and put it in my regular trash. .