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1. Question about using an Insulin Syringe to measure mls

   Twinkles2 replied to Twinkles2's topic in Medications

   I have to get a sample of the syringe at my desk before I post much more, but it is not .33mg I was trying to convert. It is .33mls which equals 5 mg from a 15mg/ml vial. Thanks

2. Question about using an Insulin Syringe to measure mls

   Twinkles2 replied to Twinkles2's topic in Medications

   Hi Leslie, Thank you for your reply. I realize that 5mg would be easy to measure. We don't always give that amount. From our 15mg/ml vials, our measurements are many times, .33mls, or .66mls. Can this be measured safely in units, are there divisi...

3. Question about using an Insulin Syringe to measure mls

   Twinkles2 replied to Twinkles2's topic in Medications

   Well, if .33mls is 33 units, then I guess we could use the 1ml sryinges..that equal 100units? I think I have that right........from what you are saying. I will bring it up again in work and maybe we can use up these 1ml /100u insulin syringes.

4. Question about using an Insulin Syringe to measure mls

   Twinkles2 replied to Twinkles2's topic in Medications

   Well, if 1unit is equal to 0.01ml, then the insulin syringe would not work to draw up mls, since we measure our meds as I previously stated..from vials that contain 15mg/ml or 10mg/ml...It would get very confusing converting units to mls. I think wh...

5. Question about using an Insulin Syringe to measure mls

   Twinkles2 replied to Twinkles2's topic in Medications

   In response to my latest answer if we can use the insulin syringe to measure up mls. I believe my situation is a little different. We use Sub Q butterflies and draw up very small amounts of morphine from either 10mg/ml or 15mg/ml multi-dose vials. ...

6. Question about using an Insulin Syringe to measure mls

   Twinkles2 replied to Twinkles2's topic in Medications

   Thanks for your answer, but what I guess I want to know is can you measures parts of mls in a 1ml Insulin syringe that is labelled units? We give shots made up of .33mls, .5, or .66 mls at times. Aren't these a different measurement than units? Ho...

7. Question about using an Insulin Syringe to measure mls

   Twinkles2 posted a topic in Medications

   Hello, I have a question about syringes. I keep getting different answers to the same question in work. I am a Hospice nurse, so, in turn I administer a lot of morphine injections. We have 1ml luer lock syringes which we use all the time. Then so...