A family caregiver is learning to administer insulin injections to her homebound sister. What should the nurse advise her to do with the used needles?
1) Discard the needle and syringe in a thick plastic milk jug with a lid.
2) Securely recap them and place them a paper bag in the household trash.
3) Remove the needle and put it in a coffee can with a lid; put the syringe in the trash.
4) Do not recap the needle; break it by bending it on the table top.
ANS: 1
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