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  • 1.  Disposal of used CGM sensors

    Posted 11-12-2020 08:53
    Where do fellow CGM users dispose of their used sensors? They are not sharpes and yet probably would be considered as medical waste. 



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    Harwood 




  • 2.  RE: Disposal of used CGM sensors

    Posted 12-12-2020 07:14
    They are small enough to go in the sharps disposal without causing any issues.

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    Paul
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  • 3.  RE: Disposal of used CGM sensors

    Posted 12-12-2020 08:33
    Good question.  I wonder that too.  I remove the battery (using diagonal cutters) and stockpile with a view to recycling or re-use.  Haven't done either yet.  The rest of the Libres go into a box.  I guess they are sharp electronic waste, so I don't know how to safely dispose of them in an environmentally friendly way.  So I have a box full of used ones.  I guess one day I can count them & work out how many $1000s I have spent on them.

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    Geoffrey
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