How to Dispose of Insulin Injections
- 1). Clip your needle with a syringe needle clipper. This is a device you can purchase that will safely clip your used syringes. Using this device prevents the tip from breaking off and hurting someone. A needle clipper not only clips your needles safely, but it also stores them. This makes it impossible for someone else to use your syringe.
- 2). Place the syringe in a strong plastic container if you cannot clip the needle. Close the lid firmly. Use a container that will not allow the needle to poke through.
- 3). Contact your county's waste management to ask about rules for medical waste disposal. Follow the information they give you. Never try to recycle syringes or needles.
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