Re: Question about using an Insulin Syringe to measure mls
We stock 100 unit/ml syringes, though they only go up to .5ml (to reduce the risk of giving too much insulin, which is annoying when patients are on more than 50units, but that's another thread).
The syringes are marked in 1unit = 0.1ml increments - so you can only give doses in those gradients (ie there's no way to distinguish doses smaller than 0.1ml, like an order for 0.33ml). But something like 0.5ml is the same volume as 50units, provided the syringes are graduates as 100units/ml.
Clear as mud?!
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