Your child should keep a box of diabetes supplies at school with things like snacks, glucose tabs and testing strips. Some kids also keep an extra meter at school. Remind your child to remember to check his/her supply box occasionally to make sure it has everything your child needs.
School Check List
Have your child check off each item as he/she packs his/her backpack!
School supplies:
- Homework
- School books
- Pens or pencils
- Your child’s lunch or lunch money
Diabetes supplies:
- Bayer’s CONTOUR® meter
- Test strips for your child’s meter
- Bayer’s colored MICROLET™2 lancets and Bayer’s MICROLET™2 lancing device
- Your child’s blood sugar logbook and a pen to write down his/her levels each time he/she checks
- Insulin pens or traditional syringes and insulin
- If your child uses an insulin pump, make sure that he/she brings an extra infusion set with tubing and a reservoir
- Insulin
- Alcohol swabs
- Tissues for your child’s fingers
- A juice box or glucose tabs in case your child gets low blood sugar
- A snack supply with foods like granola bars, fruits or veggies
Safety supplies:
- Your child’s medic alert bracelet
- Emergency phone numbers for you and your child’s doctor
- A glucagon kit with a special, pre-filled syringe that can be used in case your child has severe hypoglycemia and is unable to take some form of
sugar by mouth
Note: Your child may want to keep a supply box at school so he/she doesn’t have to pack extra supplies every day.