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c/reconstitution·submitted 1 year ago by u/rasmus_mensah

[Meta] proposal — a flair for bacteriostatic water posts

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mg/mL. That is the whole post, but I will justify it. Everything else people worry about in c/intlshipping is downstream of it. Titration speed, early fullness, the endless dose arguments — most of it resolves if you sort mg/mL out first, and almost nobody does. I say this having got it wrong for 17 months. My eGFR…

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u/rosa_mensah181 points·1 year ago

Yeah, showing the arithmetic is the fastest way for someone to spot the error.

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u/hub_opssite staff211 points·1 year ago

the concentration on the vial in marker is the most important step

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u/priya_weiss172 points·1 year ago·edited

This is correct. 1mL versus 24mL is the common mistake.

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u/rasmus_mensahOP63 points·1 year ago

Reconstituted at 3mL when I meant 23mL. Caught it because the units looked wrong. Write the concentration.

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u/rasmus_mensah106 points·1 year ago

show your working or it is unhelpful

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u/yusuf_achebe52 points·1 year ago

the concentration on the vial in marker is the most important step

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u/swirl_dont_shakereconstitution63 points·1 year ago

Show the arithmetic. Where did the units come from?

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u/runa_cabrera33 points·1 year ago

10mg vial, 2mL water, concentration is 10/2 — write it on the vial afterwards

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