How to Replenish Your Diabetic Supply
Purchasing your monthly diabetic supply is necessary to ensure you never run out of much needed diabetes supplies. Inventorying your current supplies at the end of each month can help you see where you are ordering too much or too little of one particular item. It is also helpful to contact your insurance company to verify the type of supplies they will and will not pay for. Once you have your inventory and insurance limits, you can move forward with replenishing your home diabetic supplies.
Take Inventory
Each month, you will use a different number of diabetes test strips, syringes and amounts of insulin. So there is no easy way to know how much to order for the next month, but taking an inventory can help you determine if there are any supplies you have in abundance and if there are items you are close to running out of. The essential supplies include test strips, syringes, insulin, lancets and alcohol swabs. You may have other specific items that are needed for you as well; discuss this list with your physician if you need to. (more…)