leftover insulin
But what do you do about the 20 units in the hub at the luer lock and the 20
units in 42" of tubing?
Jan
> That is the nice thing about the bent needle; you can stick the needle
into the bottle, and then use the syringe to push the insulin back into the
bottle….
>
> David
August 24th, 2004 at 12:11 pm
All of the insulin in the syringe, lock and tubing gets returned to the vial.
This is because you put air in the syringe first, and shove everything through.
David
August 24th, 2004 at 8:17 pm
I have many, many, many, times reused a reservoir, but am unwilling to
reinsert/inject insulin back into a vial.
Jan
> All of the insulin in the syringe, lock and tubing gets returned to the
vial. This is because you put air in the syringe first, and shove
everything through.
>
> David
August 25th, 2004 at 12:34 pm
It may sound unreasonable, but there have been studies that say that the insulin
in the tubing is not degraded over the time in the tube. If it in the tube
waiting to be used directly, it can wait a little longer back in the vial.
David