Changing Needles

[mum2westiesGill]

If you were doing a split injection ie 1st injection before eating & 2nd injection 1 hour later for a particular food you may be eating would you remove the needle after the 1st injection then use a new needle for the 2nd injection?

 

[Hanmillmum]

Yep, an hours enough time for bacteria to form on the needle and air to get in the pen.

New jab, new needle 🙂

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Yep, an hours enough time for bacteria to form on the needle and air to get in the pen.

New jab, new needle 🙂

Thank you and also for the speedy reply 🙂

 

[PattiEvans]

I do leave the needle on if I am doing 2 injections at once. i.e Bernstein says never inject anything over 7u so if I inject 9u I split it into 2 x 4.5 and do one in the right of my tum and one in the left. Other than that a new needle.

 

[FM001]

New needle everytime.

 

[Northerner]

I do leave the needle on if I am doing 2 injections at once. i.e Bernstein says never inject anything over 7u so if I inject 9u I split it into 2 x 4.5 and do one in the right of my tum and one in the left. Other than that a new needle.

Ooh! I couldn't be bothered to do that! Does it make any difference to your levels?

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Ooh! I couldn't be bothered to do that! Does it make any difference to your levels?

I've read somewhere about somebody who when they do corrections they split it and inject in several different areas.

 

[Vix]

I was told from day one to change the needle every time and always do! Though I was filling up sharps bins like there was no tomorrow so now I only put the needle in the sharps bin, the outer and inner plastic covers go in the recycle bin.

Snap - I change my needle every time I inject, but my sharps bins were taking over the house, so I put the needle in the sharps bin and the plastic cover in the recycling! I saw a poster in the diabetes clinic of a very zoomed in image of a needle after it has been used once and that was enough to make me change it every time, but I also find that it hurts less with a new needle anyway.

Xx

 

[PattiEvans]

Ooh! I couldn't be bothered to do that! Does it make any difference to your levels?

I've noticed it ameliorates the spikes somewhat. Yes, I think it's worth it.

 

[bennyg70]

I am told to change everytime. I used to change it every disposable pen! or if it started to hurt. Now i try and change once per day or two days. Ive never had an issue with infections but I know at the same time im a bit naughty fr not changing. Im jabbing my self up too ten times a day id be getting thru so many boxes a week.

This is my guilty secret.

 

[missclb]

This is one of my bad diabetic habits. After reading this, i've just removed the needles from my pens - lol! A nurse in London told me to change every injection to help reduce the scar tissue issue, or possibility of. Also, keeping the needle on the pen is what allows the air into the cartridge, resulting in little bubbles that can oxygenate. Not good.

 

[rossi_mac]

Started off new needle for each jab, but soon decided to not waste so many as it is a waste in my opinion! So I have 1 needle a day for each pen, sometimes it goes to 2 days as I forget to change it in the morning and head off to work or..., but rather that than take needle off after each injection and then go somewhere without needles! I am trying to get into the habit of chenging lancet everytime I finish a pot of test strips so thats a couple of weeks or so...

 

[Aoife]

I change needles daily, start each day with a fresh one. I change lancet every 5 days. I just can be doing with carting a load of spares around with me plus having to dispose of used ones whilst out and about. It's all about the convenience.
I have a couple if spare needles in the case with my pens in case of emergency but rarely have to resort to using them!