My new needle disposal box

[Austin Mini]

Has anybody else a box like this with a HUGE drop in hole?

 

[rebrascora]

It looks like there is a bit missing to me!

 

[Robin]

View attachment 11811 Has anybody else a box like this with a HUGE drop in hole?

Yes, mine does. Last time I exchanged mine, they could only give me a 7litre one, and I’m sure a small child could get a hand in quite easily.

 

[Austin Mini]

 

[Ljc]

Not very secure is it

 

[Austin Mini]

I have ordered a new one. I will bin this one.

 

[Lilian]

Yes, mine is similar. I wonder if they have changed to accommodate different types of needle waste - such as the sensor from the libre.

 

[Austin Mini]

I wish they would just leave things alone. If it isnt broke dont fix it.

 

[Sally71]

We just got a new one today and it's the same as usual with the flappy bits in. Maybe we are just using up old stock though! We'll see next year when we get the next one!

 

[Austin Mini]

I asked my surgery if I could have a sharps bin for my used lancets and they gave me one of these. It would take me decades to fill it. I'll carry on using my Vanish stain remover tub as it's very tough plastic and has a screw lid.

Martin

In the old days I used a Domestos bottle and placed it in the dustbin.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Hi Austin!

Haven’t seen you around these parts for a while 🙂

My sharps bins have often had quite big openings over the years - I seem to get a different design each time.

My preferred ones had a rotating closure that you could mostly close when in use, then finally click shut when it was full. Not had one of those for a while though.

Current one has a little inner flap, which is a first for me!

 

[Flutterby]

Hi Austin, yes I have been getting these sort of sharps boxes for ages now. I don't like them at all, too easy to knock it over and have needles everywhere. I need to get a bigger one now to accommodate libre bits and pieces.

 

[Austin Mini]

Hi Austin, yes I have been getting these sort of sharps boxes for ages now. I don't like them at all, too easy to knock it over and have needles everywhere. I need to get a bigger one now to accommodate libre bits and pieces.

OK so this is the new design, damn, I will get my box out of the bin. As peps say easy to knock over and easy for children to access but a piece of Ductape should do the trick. Yes I havnt been on for a while as everything going OK with me and the diabeties nothing to report only since being put on Lantus for my long term its made all the difference to my regime. No hypos for four years now and every diabetic review pass withflying colours, thamks, AM.

 

[trophywench]

Mine lives on a kitchen widow ledge, concealed by the edge of the curtain so doesn't get knocked about and has the vicious plastic ' fingers' where your ruddy great hole is Austin. We (or rather my husband) has to break off and remove half of the 'fingers' because trying to get the 'quite big' pump parts with sharps and the quite big infusion set inserters past those things takes a fair bit of effort - if I ever get arthritic finger joints I'll be up a gum tree without a paddle. Coventry CCG will only allow us those ones according to my GP and the pharmacy - a one litre one lasts me about 5 weeks. I've begged and pleaded for one like yours Austin for years - but can't get one.

 

[mikeyB]

You don’t need to put Libra bits and pieces in a sharps box. There’s nothing sharp on a sensor for sure. The bit that goes in your skin is made from nylon, or similar. The needle that carries it into the skin retracts into the inserter. You would have to put considerable effort into attempting to injure yourself on that.

And I bet nobody puts used shaver heads in a sharps box.

 

[Northerner]

You don’t need to put Libra bits and pieces in a sharps box. There’s nothing sharp on a sensor for sure. The bit that goes in your skin is made from nylon, or similar. The needle that carries it into the skin retracts into the inserter. You would have to put considerable effort into attempting to injure yourself on that.

And I bet nobody puts used shaver heads in a sharps box.

At the Libre course I attended last Wednesday they told us we had to dispose of all the bits bar the plastic screw top in a medical 'hazardous waste' bin - she said that some people had had their bin collections suspended by their council for putting them in general waste 😱 I've been prescribed a 7 litre bin to put them in 😱

 

[Bloden]

In the old days I used a Domestos bottle and placed it in the dustbin.

That’s what my last DSN told me to do.😛 That’s a big hole @Austin Mini - don’t fall in!🙄

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

At the Libre course I attended last Wednesday they told us we had to dispose of all the bits bar the plastic screw top in a medical 'hazardous waste' bin - she said that some people had had their bin collections suspended by their council for putting them in general waste 😱 I've been prescribed a 7 litre bin to put them in 😱

Weirdly I’m pretty sure I’ve read directions (can’t remember where, but I think it might have been from Abbott?!) that you explicitly *shouldn’t* put the sensors into a sharps bin because they contain a battery which could explode during incineration.

Confusing that different advice circulated from different HCPs / areas!

 

[nonethewiser]

At the Libre course I attended last Wednesday they told us we had to dispose of all the bits bar the plastic screw top in a medical 'hazardous waste' bin - she said that some people had had their bin collections suspended by their council for putting them in general waste 😱 I've been prescribed a 7 litre bin to put them in 😱

Can't see how that would happen, are we to believe that the council shifted through the waste before dumping it in the back of the truck, how else would they know.

As MikeB says, razors go in general waste, even when you cut yourself with one, that would be a good counter argument to those councils.

 

[Northerner]

Weirdly I’m pretty sure I’ve read directions (can’t remember where, but I think it might have been from Abbott?!) that you explicitly *shouldn’t* put the sensors into a sharps bin because they contain a battery which could explode during incineration.

Confusing that different advice circulated from different HCPs / areas!

This isn't a sharps bin Mike, I'll have a separate one for those - this is a 'hazardous medical waste' bin 😱 I was given a couple of 'biohazard' bags to use until I get the bin! 😱