The safest way to do this is to place the cover and syringe on a flat surface and slide the cover over the needle without letting the needle touch either the flat surface or your fingers. Only the inside of the cover should touch the needle. Do not hold the syringe straight up; you may accidentally stick yourself. Do not clean the needle or lancet with alcohol. Alcohol removes the silicone covering on the needle, causing it to become dull. Store the syringes at room temperature.
It is best to store them with the covered needle pointing up to prevent insulin from blocking the needle opening. Dispose of reused syringes and lancets in safe containers when: The shot or prick hurts when you use the syringe or lancet.
The needle or lancet becomes dull. Patients no longer have to reuse their insulin needles, nor do they have to boil or sharpen their needles anymore. Disposable syringes had much thinner needles and greatly improved needle points, giving a brand new lubricated needle for every injection.
With these improvements, patients can more comfortably inject the insulin they need. They are also now at a decreased risk of having injection site reactions and infections that were more prevalent many years ago.
As someone that has been living with type 1 diabetes, I am guilty of this. Much of the reasoning for doing this comes from the convenience of it. Some may call it laziness and others may call it efficient! Although many might think the reduction in cost might be one of the main reasons diabetics look to reuse their needles, the most common reason for reuse of insulin needles is not the cost. According to a study in The National Library of Medicine, it appears it may be safe to reuse insulin needles.
A person with Type 2 diabetes mellitus, which is also referred to as adult-onset diabetes mellitus, is at risk of developing a number of health problems. Most talked about is the risk of cardiovascular disease, which includes an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and peripheral vascular disease, as well as kidney disease and diabetic eye disease.
Diabetic vascular disease is a leading cause of leg amputation. Diabetic kidney disease is a leading cause of kidney failure and dialysis. Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness.
Important risks that we should perhaps talk more about include the risk of infection. Diabetes increases the risk of infections of the skin, lung pneumonia , and other organs. All of these risks can be reduced through good blood sugar control, good diet, exercise, and taking medications properly. Mild diabetes can be controlled through diet and exercise. Moderate disease often requires oral medications, and more severe Type 2 disease requires oral medicines and insulin injections.
These injections are sometimes administered two, three or four times a day and timed with meals. Every patient with diabetes should undergo diabetic teaching at diagnosis and get a refresher course every couple of years thereafter. For those who are taking oral and injectable medications, this includes when the medications should be taken, as well as what foods should be eaten and when meals should be eaten. An important part of diabetic teaching is how to take injectable medicines and check blood sugars.
Sterile procedures should be used at all times. One should wash one's hands with soap and water before getting the syringe ready. The area to be injected, which is usually the leg, arm or abdomen, should also be cleaned. A piece of cotton or gauze soaked in rubbing alcohol should be used to cleanse the injection site and to clean the top of the insulin bottle prior to drawing the dose of insulin from the bottle into the syringe. Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link.
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