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needle gauge & length

Gauge and length selection for subcutaneous injection.

37 topics 8 solved Group: Practice

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Related in this group: reconstitution · bacteriostatic water · sterile water · concentration maths · syringe units · dead volume · titration · dose reduction · missed dose · injection site rotation · subcutaneous injection · storage

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Topic	Participants	Replies	Views	Activity
Revisiting: Completing a dose with a second syringe, and the dead-volume arithmetic Practice › Administration subcutaneous injection aseptic technique needle gauge & length injection site reaction Closed Revisiting: Completing a dose with a second syringe, and the dead-volume arithmetic Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. I have read the maintained page on this…	+16	20	56k	12mo
About the Administration category Practice › Administration subcutaneous injection injection site rotation needle gauge & length Pinned Wiki Closed Technique, needle selection, site rotation, injection discomfort, and what to do about a missed or partial dose. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit…	+5	9	3.1k	12mo
A ten-fold dose error caught before injection — one year on Devices › Syringes & needles dead volume needle gauge & length subcutaneous injection syringe units On the subject in the title: A ten-fold dose error caught before injection — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. A question about technique rather than about dose. I have been doing the same…	+151	157	9.4k	12mo
Bleeding at the injection site: normal, and what to do about it — does this still hold? Practice › Administration injection site rotation aseptic technique subcutaneous injection needle gauge & length Bleeding at the injection site: normal, and what to do about it — does this still hold? — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Reporting something rather than…	+20	24	16k	15mo
Second pass at: Gauge and length selection for subcutaneous injection Devices › Syringes & needles subcutaneous injection syringe units worked example needle gauge & length Posting this under the heading it deserves: Second pass at: Gauge and length selection for subcutaneous injection Everything below is what sits behind that. A question about technique rather than about dose.…	+50	58	14k	15mo
Follow-up: Dead volume across syringe and needle combinations Devices › Syringes & needles syringe units worked example subcutaneous injection dead volume Solved Dead volume across syringe and needle combinations — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. Practical question with the units stated, because I have seen how quickly these go…	+81	98	22k	18mo
Follow-up: A partial dose because the pen emptied mid-injection Practice › Administration injection site reaction subcutaneous injection injection site rotation aseptic technique Posting this under the heading it deserves: A partial dose because the pen emptied mid-injection Everything below is what sits behind that. I have read the maintained page on this and I still have a gap, so I…	+10	14	10k	23mo