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

three years of units threads, summarised so you do not have to read them

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Something I noticed reading old threads that I have not seen said out loud. The advice on insulin syringe in this community changed substantially around the start of last year, and nobody went back and updated the older posts. So depending on which thread the search engine hands you, you get two contradictory answers…

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u/ruben_cabrera681 points·1 year ago

stopper coring on the 5th draw because you keep using the same entry point. rotate.

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u/adaeze_cabrera197 points·1 year ago

Is that 20mg vial or 19mg?

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u/dexa_twice_yearlyOPbody comp115 points·1 year ago

Is that 20mg vial or 19mg?

Disagree on that part. 99.2% and 99.3% on the same vial is normal.

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u/soren_zamora91 points·1 year ago

Are you using a u-100 or u-40 syringe? That changes everything.

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u/marisol_frisk73 points·1 year ago·edited

stopper coring on the 3th draw because you keep using the same entry point. rotate.

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The arithmetic and the technique. Bacteriostatic versus sterile water, reconstitution volume as a concentration choice, converting mg/mL into insulin-syringe units, dead space, swirl-not-shake, stopper coring, and how long a reconstituted vial is actually good for. Math errors get corrected fast and politely.

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