Kit for loading and disposal of hypodermic syringes used for administering medication

A kit for assisting a user in drawing a liquid medication from a storage vial having a pierceable self-sealing stopper into a hypodermic syringe having a needle, a displaceable plunger and dosage indicia imprinted on the syringe, and for safe disposal of the syringe after use, said kit comprising:

• a guide for assisting the user in drawing medication from the vial into the hypodermic syringe, said guide comprising:
• a guide base configured for receiving the syringe in a first location of the base so that the needle of the syringe projects into a second location of the base and for releasably retaining the syringe in said first location against movement of the syringe relative to the base while permitting user-controlled displacement of the plunger of the retained syringe relative to the base, and
• a guide cover engageable with said base to nonreleasably enclose and retain the syringe in the first location of the base with the guide cover in closed condition on said base,
• said guide base being further configured for guiding the vial into a releasably retained inserted position in said second location of the base so that, as the vial is guided into said second location with the syringe in said first location, the syringe needle pierces into and through the vial stopper into contact with the liquid medication in the vial and so that, as the plunger of the base-retained syringe is selectively outwardly displaced under user control to fill the syringe with medication from the vial in said inserted position of the vial, the medication in the vial is drawn into the syringe through the syringe needle, and
• said guide cover further including a magnifying lens integrally located on said cover so that, when the syringe is positioned in said first location of the base and the cover is in said closed condition, the dosage indicia on the syringe are viewable by a user through the cover magnifying lens in a visually-enlarged state to thereby facilitate user filling of the syringe with medication from the vial in a user-controllable desired amount in accordance with a predetermined dosage to be administered to the user by way of the syringe;
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• a holder for nonreleasably and captively storing a contaminated hypodermic syringe after use of the syringe, said holder comprising:
• a holder base defining a chamber for nonreleasably receiving and retaining a contaminated hypodermic syringe,
• a tray on said base and closing said chamber, said tray comprising an elongated slot defined in said tray and a resilient support proximate said slot for supportably holding a contaminated hypodermic syringe placed by a user on said resilient support above said chamber, and
• a holder cover engageable with said holder base for closing the holder cover about said tray, said holder cover carrying a pusher member projecting inwardly from the cover and located and configured so that, as the holder cover is closed about the tray, said pusher member contacts and displaces a contaminated syringe supported on the tray into resiliently-deforming contact with the resilient support and through the elongated slot to thereby force the contaminated syringe into said chamber for nonreleasably captured storage of the contaminated syringe in said chamber.