MON-021 Patterns of Sharps Handling and Disposal Among Insulin Using Patients with Diabetes

Background: Nearly 7 million patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) in the U.S. use insulin. Both Insulin therapy and self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) have the potential to generate a large volume of biohazardous waste via use of “sharps” (needles and lancets). Unless safely disposed of these s...

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Autores principales: Montoya, Jordan, Thompson, Bithika, Boyle, Mary, Leighton, Melinda, Cook, Curtiss
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Endocrine Society 2019
Materias:
Healthcare Delivery and Education
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6550700/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/js.2019-MON-021

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6550700/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/js.2019-MON-021

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