Re: Question about syringe Disposal in Chicago

[Guest guest]

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My husband is a pharmacist for Walgreens and he says they sell

sharps containers for a couple of dollars. They're about the size

of a 2 liter bottle of soda. Conceivably, you could buy one in

Chicago so you wouldn't have to bring it in your luggage, though I

don't know where they could safely be disposed?????

-Sharon-

Just an RSS kid who grew up

[Guest guest]

-- here is what we were told to do by our doctor and

pharmacist. Take the cap off the needle. Press the needle against

a hard surface and bend backwards until it breaks off. You will

have a sharp needle about the size of a 1/2 inch. Drop it inside of

an empty bottle or can and put it in the garbage, and then put the

leftover needle-less syringe in the garbage by itself.

> Hi Everyone,

>

> For those of you who used GH at last year's convention how did you

dispose of

> the syringes? Did you actually carry a sharps container with

you? Now that

> Jordan is on GH I would like to know how you handled this. When I

traveled to

> Florida recently I put the syringes in my luggage that was checked

in. I was

> too nervous to carry it on board. Since I was visiting my sister

who is a

> nurse midwife, she took the syringes to her job for disposal.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone

Havn't posted in ages...will post an update about Finlay soon (all

good!!)

Anyway just wanted to tell you that when we started GH we were given

(by the drug company) a sharps clip. Its designed for travelling -

it clips the needle off and stores it inside...its actually a

diabetes produce - the website is below...we've found it great when

we go away - its really easy - the " sharp " bit is taken care of and

everything else can just go in the bin.

http://www.bddiabetes.com/us/product/safeclip.asp

Wish we were coming to the convention this year (sigh) - but still

have great memories from last year

hugs to all

(in New Zealand)

Finlay age 4.5, RSS, G-tube, GH (Genotrope Pen), Cisapride

and

Logan age 2yrs

[Guest guest]

When we did in vitro (long before was on GH) we put all of the

used syringes in an empty soda bottle. I figured for the few days

we would just cap them and save them and dispose of them when we get

home.

Judith, Steve, (RSS) and (non rSS) 4 year old twins