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**Salliter** · 05-19-2012, 02:12 PM

My mom is in health care, my dad takes daily insuline. She says he uses syringes app. 3-4 times, without extra bleach. He doesn't even use alcohol to disinfect, and she is not worried a bit.

So that's what I've been doing, too. I don't disinfect the syringes/ needles, just keep the cap on in between. I use alcohol swabs to disinfect the skin and the top of the vial, then use syringes 2-3 times. Since I have extra-thin insulin needles, 3 times seems to be the imit before they either bend or become slightly blunt.

P.S. Oh, you were talking about the mixing syringe.... I would just swab it with acohol, then use it again.

05-19-2012, 02:12 PM	#2
Salliter Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 441 Senior Member	My mom is in health care, my dad takes daily insuline. She says he uses syringes app. 3-4 times, without extra bleach. He doesn't even use alcohol to disinfect, and she is not worried a bit. So that's what I've been doing, too. I don't disinfect the syringes/ needles, just keep the cap on in between. I use alcohol swabs to disinfect the skin and the top of the vial, then use syringes 2-3 times. Since I have extra-thin insulin needles, 3 times seems to be the imit before they either bend or become slightly blunt. P.S. Oh, you were talking about the mixing syringe.... I would just swab it with acohol, then use it again.
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