Lancet expiration dates for glucose meter users
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We are working on a process to assure lancets used for glucose meter testing are in-date. How are you managing this?
Does anyone know of lancets that have the expiration date printed on each individual lancet?
thank you,
Pam Gadsby
POCC
Capital Health, New Jersey
Does anyone know of lancets that have the expiration date printed on each individual lancet?
thank you,
Pam Gadsby
POCC
Capital Health, New Jersey
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Sorry no, we have not found a lancet manufacturer which has it's expiration date printed on each lancet (or if inpatient nursing did, the cost was prohibited by the value analysis team).
If we cannot use the entire box in a testing site due to low volume number of fingersticks, then we do 'share' in several testing sites but we keep the lancets in a container that is labeled with the product name, lot# and expiration date.
PS I tried to dig out a lancet expiration question that I feel sure was on this listserve a while back and was unable.
Our distributor used to be Owens & Minor but now isn't so betcha that's how this gem got missed so far (where I work).