: Friday, January 20, 2006 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Syringe for sub-cut Heparin?
This injection is only 0.2 mls and so if you give it in a 2 ml syringe the
dead space is more than that so common sense says this is not a good idea
and thus I have never even looked for a policy regarding
Hi Wise Women,
Is anyone working with ahospital policy regarding the size of
syringe to be used when giving a sub cut Heparin 5000 iu injection? If so what
is the research behind it.
Cheers,
Sadie
This injection is only 0.2 mls and so if you give it in a 2 ml syringe the dead space is more than that so common sense says this is not a good idea and thus I have never even looked for a policy regarding it. Can you imagine anyone researching this because measuring the dead space would tell you
