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Answer #1:

We put all of ours into a coffee can. That way they're not harmin anything, not at risk of poking someone.

Answer #2:

When I owned a horse that needed regular injections, the vet gave me a small "sharps" container that I switched out at his office when it was full. He disposed of them with his medical waste. In many locations, it's illegal to throw needles out in the normal trash in any sort of container.

Answer #3:

You can bend the needle down or remove it, then stick in something that you can discard safely, the coffee can idea is good. You could also put them in an old pop bottle, then when you are done take them to a local vet to have them dispose of it. I'm sure they would be happy to do that for free.

Answer #4:

You should obtain a sharps container from your veterinarian. You can return it to him once it's full.

Or, you can save a few pennies and use an old coffee can, as another has mentioned, and give it to your vet when full. Typically it's illegal to dispose of needles (biohazard) in the traditional trash. In either circumstance, I bend the needle in half before recapping and placing in the sharp's container.

Having said that, my dog is on Adequan monthly injections. She uses a 1cc tuberculin syringe with a 25g 5/8" needle. I save 'em, keep 'em in my car until I run into a vet friend of mine, or stop by the clinic, or a show barn that has a large sharps container.

I just pray a cop doesn't pull me over and think I'm an IV drug user. I suppose it would be worse if I didnt' have lavender tops & tiger tops in my truck, too... what druggie has blood tubes in their car as well as syringes & needles?

Answer #5:

i just throw mine in a trash and burn them

Answer #6:

We used a can, with a lid. Then afterwards we'd dispose of it carefully, making sure the lid was on and sealed tightly.

Answer #7:

my vet gives me a sharps container that safely contains the used needles. or, you can bend them and dispose them, safely!

Happy Trails!

Answer #8:

Collect them in a can and give them to the vet is what I would do. I never give my horses shots though but I do have needles that I use to get the Dex out and give it to them orally. Hope this helps! =)
-Dry Paint-

Answer #9:

Any needles/shots I have ever gotten have sheaths for the needles. I re-cap then and then toss them in the trash.

Answer #10:

Here's the official answer, courtesy of an informational sign in the bathroom at work (I kind of wonder why they feel the need to put that sign up in the bathroom):

Place the needles in a rigid container that the needles can't poke through. Make sure the container is opaque (you can't see through it) and has a lid.

That's it.

Answer #11:

What have you been doing with the needles you've collected so far?

I simply put the caps back on the needles then throw them away, so that if anyone were to stick their hand in the garbage, they don't get stuck by the needle.

You might want to go a step further and simply wrap a single piece of tape around the caps to keep em on so that they don't fall off.

I don't see the reason for a bio hazard container. It's just one horse.

Answer #12:

My boyfriend is diabetic. We go through a lot of needles. His are all short, and the kind that come with a thing that bends them over and seals them. We still use the sharps container that we got from his doctor. You should really get one. We take ours to the hospital when it's full, but you could take yours to the vet or really any place that does medical waste. If you live in a big city, you can go to a bathroom and throw 'em in the sharps box for drug users in there.

The reason you put them in a bio-hazard box is so some unsuspecting person doesn't stick their hand in the trash and pull out a fistful of needles with God knows what on them, and in them (or so your poor garbage man doesnt get poked through the bag if a cap should fall off). In fact, blood borne diseases are so prevalent, it is a requirement that my boyfriend puts all of his waste (infusion sets, syringes, needles, test strips) in a sharps container to live in our apartments.


ADD- K.F, you should see what we go through to get on a plane. It really makes the x-ray guy stop and check when there are tiny glass bottles filled with a clear liquid next to about a hundred needles, small containers with strips in them, extra tubing and infusion sets for his pump, batteries for it and the camera.... and then there's the pump, which can not be xrayed and sets the stupid alarm off every time. Last time, we got patted down, had to take the pump out to show it to them, he had to have his hands, shoes and pump case swabbed for explosive residue and his stuff searched! Two hours prior to your flight, my butt. :)

Answer #13:

Put the cap back on the needle after using it and then throw it in the garbage can. That way it doesnt poke threw the bag.

Answer #14:

We chuck them out in the trash can! We never use the same needles twice!!

Answer #15:

My mom is a doctor and I was on growth hormone for awhile so my family is like a stock house for sharps containers. You should not throw the used needles away because there could be some crazy thing that causes the cap to come off and then it could somehow stick the poor garbage guy or random garbage digger and make them sick with some crazy disease like hepatitis (this is how it was explained to me). Most shows I go to have sharps containers on the walls and any doctors office will have one. My mom brings the full containers to work and sends them off to wherever you take used needles.

I have to give my mare a shot every month so it is really nice to have some sort of container to put them in and then take them somewhere to be disposed of properly. It's not too hard to take your used needles with you at your annual checkup with your doctor or vet.

Answer #16:

we put them in an old milk jug and take them to a clinic once a month to displse of them





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