caninsulin syringes

Re: caninsulin syringes

Rachel B — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:00:04 GMT

We had this issue, we recieved a letter a short while ago about how they were going to be introducing this "fantastic" bin idea, and we thought exactly some someone already said that its going to make it nigh on impossible to dispose of the damn things....so we ordered in a huge stock pile of normal boxes before they phased them out.

Cheeky really making you have no option but to have the silly sharps boxes to try and force you onto using them, but I do believe they said they would only be unavailable (the normal boxes) for a short while...so now just have to wait I guess!

Re: caninsulin syringes

lskm 23 — Sun, 19 May 2013 18:37:44 GMT

Hi,

I spoke to MSD and they said that the normal boxes are coming back. We take the syringes out of the supplied sharps container and just sell them in a dispensing bag, this way we can throw the plastic box away, this helps reduce the storage space required. We also had a letter to state that they should be back.

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Helen Tottey — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:09:29 GMT

[quote user="Maria84"]We had a letter from MSD Animal Health saying that they have not got the proper licence to use them as sharps bins, and that the old "normal" boxes will be back soon. We've just told our clients to keep using their normal yellow sharps bins.

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Yes, this is quite funny when you think about it. The "bins" they provide are not licensed for incineration. There was also a thread on SPVS about it apparently as we have something up in the practice about it - what a waste of money and time. I wouldn;t like to be the person who was supposed to research if the box would be legal for its intended use!

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Sal the 1st — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:07:08 GMT

I hope they are back soon - I dont recall seeing a letter at ours - will check tomorrow, thanks for that

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Maria84 — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:02:38 GMT

We had a letter from MSD Animal Health saying that they have not got the proper licence to use them as sharps bins, and that the old "normal" boxes will be back soon. We've just told our clients to keep using their normal yellow sharps bins.

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Julie-Anne Wilson — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:40:45 GMT

Plus they take up so much damn room on the shelf and aren't exactly stackable.

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Sal the 1st — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:33:04 GMT

exactly - and then if that cost is passed back to the owner they end up paying extra yet again. I do think owners of animals with longterm illness sometimes get quite a rough deal and I have to say that in many cases that is down to manufacturers and suppliers

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Julie-Anne Wilson — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:26:17 GMT

We usually supply the owner with a sharps bin (they pay for it) that they then return to us for disposal. The problem I can see with the new containers is that we'll have to either transfer them to our own containers or pay extra to dispose of them.