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Is re-using the fill needle an accepted practice? I went for my first fill and the fill doc said that the next time he'd save my needle. Strikes me that it would be unhygenic......:paranoid

Anyone else experienced this?

Also does anyone know if the needles used to fill swedish bands are the same ones used to fill inamed bands?

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Is re-using the fill needle an accepted practice? I went for my first fill and the fill doc said that the next time he'd save my needle. Strikes me that it would be unhygenic......paranoid.gif
Completely unacceptable. File a complaint.

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wow thats kind of scary.. i dont know who to file a complaint to but i would definitely not use a used needle..

just think of all the germs it contact after leaving your body then going in the air.. then being kept for the next fill..

defintitely not safe..

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I would start with the state medical board.

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My husand is type 1 diabetic and sometimes if he doesnt get his needle scrip filled he re-uses. I know it is gross and I yell at him every time he does it. I do know that the first time you use a needle it dulls the tip so it will hurt more if he tried to reuse it. If it is a needle like what a dentist uses, you know the big stainless steel ones with the finger loops, I suppose you could sterilize it. But I thought that the needle part was fresh everytime? I would complain too!

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Your doctor should not be reusing the needle or syringe! No ifs, ands or buts. These needles have plastic hubs on them, so there is no way to resterilize them. You naturally have bacteria growing on your skin, once used they're dulled. If your doc tries to use it on you again, just tell him you'd prefer a new needle. If he insists, tell him your sure he wouldn't use the same needle on himself, and you feel the same way.

Just my personal and professional opinion as a RN and the owner of a lap band.

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