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A Family Caregiver Is Learning to Administer Insulin Injections to a Family

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A family caregiver is learning to administer insulin injections to a family member.What should the nurse advise the caregiver to do with the used needles?


A) Discard the needle and syringe in a thick plastic milk jug with a lid.
B) Securely recap them and place them in a paper bag in the household trash.
C) Remove the needle and put it in a coffee can with a lid; put the syringe in the trash.
D) Do not recap the needle; break it by bending it on the tabletop.

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