Home-use medical sharps need proper disposal procedures

SOME DIABETES PATIENTS inject insulin themselves at home. How do they dispose of their medical waste? Gmw.cn comments:

In order to save time and energy, some diabetes patients inject insulin themselves at home or collect blood to monitor their own blood sugar level. These are allowed and it is easy to buy the necessary equipment and get the simple training required.

However, there is one problem: What happens to the syringes and needles after they are used? In hospitals, medical waste is collected in special garbage cans and processed apart from other garbage to avoid contamination. However, most diabetics do not have medical waste containers in their homes and it is very rare for the patients to package them up and send them to hospitals for professional disposal.