nwhitney
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I have a question about drawing up meds. But a little background is needed first.
In class we drew up injections of sodium chloride and practice giving each other injections. The assistant that was working with my group had us set the plunger (lack of a better term) to 30cc (using that as an example) then had us push that 30cc of room air into the vial then draw up 30cc of sodium chloride.
Now we move over to my cat. I have a diabetic cat and he requires 2 injections daily of insulin. When explaining the procedure the vet was very careful to explain that when mixing the insulin not to shake it but to roll it gently in between your hands so as not to induce too much air into it.
So on to my question. Is air getting mixed in a concern?
In class we drew up injections of sodium chloride and practice giving each other injections. The assistant that was working with my group had us set the plunger (lack of a better term) to 30cc (using that as an example) then had us push that 30cc of room air into the vial then draw up 30cc of sodium chloride.
Now we move over to my cat. I have a diabetic cat and he requires 2 injections daily of insulin. When explaining the procedure the vet was very careful to explain that when mixing the insulin not to shake it but to roll it gently in between your hands so as not to induce too much air into it.
So on to my question. Is air getting mixed in a concern?
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