r/SouthJersey • u/ItsHIPAA • 8h ago

Gloucester County Donating unused heparin and saline flush syringes?

Hi! I'm getting my PICC line out today and I have a bunch of supplies left over. Saline flushes, heparin flushes, alcohol swabs, a couple of IV tubing packs, etc. Does anyone know where around Gloucester/Camden counties I can donate them?

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u/NowTheCrone 4h ago

They're prescription items so they cannot be legally given to anyone else, nor can an institution accept them.

Source: home hemodialysis patient for 16 years, currently trying to find someone who will at least accept my ancillary supplies (gauze, tape, gloves, masks). Anything that goes into my body (acid, bicarb, saline and heparin) will have to be disposed of when I die.

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u/ImaginaryRoads 4h ago

Check with your local animal shelter.

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u/ItsHIPAA 1h ago

Dang, I remember a time when folks would fight to get masks and gloves.

They're prescription items so they cannot be legally given to anyone else

I would also be willing to dump them on some patient's doorstep, all in original sterile packaging like some weird supply fairy.

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u/ImaginaryRoads 4h ago

Check with your local animal shelter.

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u/ItsHIPAA 1h ago

I'll send out some emails. Thanks!