bacteriostatic water is the most under-discussed thing on this board
bacteriostatic water is the most under-discussed thing on this board. Not a hot take, just something I have not seen said plainly here. Wrote the date on the vial as well as the concentration after losing track of which one was opened first. Shook the first vial because nobody told me not to. It was fine, but I have…
aim the stream at the glass wall, not at the cake
Small fix — a U-100 syringe is 100 units per mL. If yours is marked differently it is not U-100 and the whole calculation changes.
dead space in the needle hub is real and it is small
What concentration did you actually reconstitute at, rather than what did you intend to?
What concentration did you actually reconstitute at, rather than what did you intend to?
This is the sentence that makes the rest unnecessary. Write it on the vial and the problem is gone.
This is the sentence that makes the rest unnecessary.
Adding one thing — put the date on the label too. Concentration plus date and you can never mix two vials up.
Yes. Writing 5mg/mL on the vial takes four seconds and removes the entire class of error this board exists to fix.