[zoeboboey]

Hi, I am new here!

[sanakruz]

Howdy-
Havent given or received any heparin injections lately myself.....

[debbyed]

Well Hi there!!!

And the question You wish to ask???

[zoeboboey]

Ooops, I am REALLY new, I entered before I posed my question.

I just recently started a new job in a major hospital. We'all were talking about heparin injections and NO ONE had heard of changing the needle ( for sub q injection) after withdrawing heparin from a vial.

I'm interested to see if any of YOU do change the needle so as to prevent the heparin on the needle from "tracking" into the injection site. They all looked at me like I was from a foreign country or something!

[plumrn]

That's the way I learned it, too. Use a 25g or 28g needle, change needles after drawing up, 90 degree angle in the abd, below the umbilicus, don't aspirate, don't massage. We were also taught to check the dose with another nurse after drawing it up. This was a few yrs ago.

[RNIAM]

plumrn
That is how we are being taught right now.

[RNonsense]

Yes, it stops "blue belly" syndrome.

[P_RN]

Same here but we use a 3 cc syringe because makes for less pressure than a tb one does.

[panda_181]

We were only taught to change the needle when doing IMs...not Heparin. We don't have vials, we use ampules, but you can still get Heparin on the needle from those. If you're going to go to that extreme, wouldn't they want you to change the needle after drawing up Insulin?

Amanda

[ceecel.dee]

We don't even use SQ Heparin anymore.

It's Lovenox, and syringes are prefilled, so no needle change!