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c/reconstitution·submitted 7 months ago by u/hub_ops

[Discussion] can we stop arguing about bacteriostatic water until somebody posts a number

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insulin syringe. That is the whole post, but I will justify it. Everything else people worry about in c/glp1muscle is downstream of it. Titration speed, reflux, the endless dose arguments — most of it resolves if you sort insulin syringe out first, and almost nobody does. I say this having got it wrong for 4 months.…

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u/dexa_twice_yearlybody comp417 points·7 months ago

The evidence standard in c/vendorvetting gets called too strict about once a month, and every time, the thread ends with the complainant agreeing.

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u/karl_fischer_kev200 points·7 months ago

This is correct. 2mL versus 9mL is the common mistake.

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u/janek_ferrari135 points·7 months ago

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

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u/saskia_mwangi76 points·7 months ago

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

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u/hub_opsOPsite staff56 points·7 months ago

Reconstituted at 3mL when I meant 6mL. Caught it because the units looked wrong. Write the concentration.

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u/elodie_grimaldi150 points·7 months ago·edited

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

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u/hub_opsOPsite staff60 points·7 months ago

more water means more units for the same dose, which means finer resolution

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u/sock_puppet_spotter344 points·7 months ago

This is correct. 2mL versus 17mL is the common mistake.

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u/mateusz_achebe-17 points·7 months ago

This is correct.

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

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u/ines_ekstrom1 point·7 months ago

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

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