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c/reconstitution·submitted 10 months ago by u/rina_bergstrom

unpopular opinion: units is massively overrated

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Right, the reconstitution question again, but with numbers this time. I have 22 data points over 8 weeks. The pattern is consistent enough that I do not think it is chance, and boring enough that nobody is going to screenshot it, which is usually a good sign. The thing I would flag for anyone new: the effect I am…

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u/liv_nkemelu443 points·10 months ago

dosing errors come from people reconstituting two vials differently and forgetting which is which

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u/rina_bergstromOP247 points·10 months ago

I am going to push back on this slightly.

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u/reflux_report194 points·10 months ago

never post a calculation as advice without stating the concentration

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u/sigrid_kaufmann131 points·10 months ago·edited

never post a calculation as advice without stating the concentration

Disagree on that part. 99.0% and 98.9% on the same vial is normal.

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u/rina_bergstromOP53 points·10 months ago

Cosigning. The concentration on the vial in marker is load-bearing.

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