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Can Lancets Be Reused?

Posted on Thu, 11 Feb 2016

Question: Hi Doctor. I did a hiv antibody test with Clearview ie Rapid Complete HIV 1/2 antibody test with finger prick. The nurse open the kit and kept ready before I entered ,she opened safety lancet and prick me for testing. After coming back home I was thinking whether the lancet was reused , do you think the sterile safety lancet available in USA can be re used more one once on people?is there a chance of HIV transmission. I looked up the internet the type lancet ClearView manufacturer uses,it sounds to me that it cannot be used more than once. Please provide some inputs

Answered by Dr. Vivek Chail (56 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
It cannot be reused and therefore the nurse used a new one on you

Detailed Answer:
Hi Zxxxxxr XXXXXXX
Thanks for writing in to us.

I have read through your query in detail.
Please find my observations below.

1. The lancet in ClearView cannot be reused. It is a closed test system and therefore you can be assured that the nurse used a new one on you.

Hope your query is answered.
Please do write back if you have any doubts.

Regards,

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar