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Does Using A Reused Diabetic Pen Needle Cause An Infection?

Hi I am concered with one question . Could you please solve me. My question is that Ian working with a man who does sugar test daily so I saw his personal sugar testing kit and asked him to try me once and he changed the strip for me but didn’t change any needle.my age is 22 and his might be 55. So does this effect me Iam very much concered could you please tell me . I think it is lancing device he just did it to my fingers 3 times .is it contaminated please tell me
Sat, 12 May 2018
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Diabetologist 's  Response
Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

Usually, reuse of lancing device doesn't cause any major contamination as the prick is very minor. But make sure that your colleague is not suffering from any communicable diseases (that is Hepatitis, HIV, etcetera). If yes, kindly revert but do not panic much as chances of contamination are very less.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. NR Kumar
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Does Using A Reused Diabetic Pen Needle Cause An Infection?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Usually, reuse of lancing device doesn t cause any major contamination as the prick is very minor. But make sure that your colleague is not suffering from any communicable diseases (that is Hepatitis, HIV, etcetera). If yes, kindly revert but do not panic much as chances of contamination are very less. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. NR Kumar