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Rationale mixing med
Mixing medications using one syringe
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What should you do if medicaitons that began as clear have now become cloudy? | Discard them if they have changed in appearance. |
| When using insulin, why would you mix the solution in each vial prior to administration? | Mixing ensures an adequate concentration and thus an accurate dose. |
| Why would you need to vials between the palms of the hands and invert the vials to mix them instead of just shaking them? | Shaking insulin vials can make the medication frothy, making precise measurement difficult. |
| Why do you need to make sure the needle does not touch the solution when injecting air into the vials? | To prevent cross-contamination of the medications. |
| Why do we withdraw from vial B first instead of Vial A, which was the first vial we injected air into? | the same needle is used to inject air into and withdraw medicaiton from the second vial. It must not be contaminated with the medication in vial A |
| We should we be carefull not to get bubbles when drawing medciation form vial A. | The syringe now has 2 medications in it and excess medication can not be injected back into vial. |
| Why would we draw from a vial first if we were mixing medications from a vial and an ampule? | Ampules do not require the addition of air prior to withdraw of the drug. |
| What would be the result of pushing regular insulin into a vial of NPH insulin? | Regular insulin would dilute the NPH and would not provide accurate future dosages of NPH insulin. |
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