BUBBLES in the syringe!

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:heartbeatI love BUBBLE baths, blowing BUBBLES with my children, and BUBBLEs in my champange. :uhoh3:Sorry, being stupid, but I am worried about the BUBBLES in the Syringe. I tried a number of techniques at work last night, but was still getting bubbles. Any suggestions. Do they want absolutly NO bubbles or what. I seemed to end up with tiny bubbles on the plunger. I would draw NS very slowly, tap with a pen, hit with a pen, throw across the room, (just kidding)but still there was always that bubble. HELP!! Don't want to fail over this!:no:

Specializes in midwifery, NICU.

:yeah::yeah:

Hurts like bejeesus on your nail if you flick like a billion times in a day..knuckles, thats why we have them!!

Much more effective, aren't they?

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Not sure if this has anything to do with the bubbles, but I did happend to think that I don't get the bubbles at all.

If I have draw up let's say 5 ml's of med, I pull back 5 ml of air, inject into the vial, and then pull out my 5 ml's.

Shaking meds will also cause bubbles on meds that have to be mixed. So when mixing a solution and powder, roll in your hands.

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Definetly prefer to knock it with my knuckles!

If you've never had to deal with bubbles...well let me just say, you haven't met the right drug yet,:D some drugs, like amiodarone, are almost impossible to keep from getting bubbles and foam.

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Specializes in LTC, case mgmt, agency.

Sometimes as a nurse you get short on time and just have to draw med fast and/or shake instead of roll. It's just faster to learn how to flick those bubbles out of there and get it done.

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Specializes in Post Anesthesia.

"This is true, but she is worried about bubbles, because they will fail someone in the CPNE lab for big bubbles- not because it could be dangerous, but because they want an exact amount of medication/flush to be given"

Sorry, I must not have been paying attention to the thread.

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Specializes in Senior homecare.

I tilt the barrel at an angle as apposed to totally upright, and then tap gently while tilting to the left and right. All the suggestions are good ones. The thicker the serum the more difficult to draw and dispel the air bubbles. Air bubbles are always a concern. If a patient gets more than one shot, simultaneously, there is going to be an accumulation of injected air, which may lead to an excess.

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

Too funny -- I actually had a dream (nightmare?!) last night that I was trying to draw meds up in a 20 cc syringe, and I swear the meds were freakin' CARBONATED, there were so many bubbles! LOL!! I was swirlin' and knuckle-knockin' to no avail. LOL!!

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Lunah said:
Too funny -- I actually had a dream (nightmare?!) last night that I was trying to draw meds up in a 20 cc syringe, and I swear the meds were freakin' CARBONATED, there were so many bubbles! LOL!! I was swirlin' and knuckle-knockin' to no avail. LOL!!

Lunah, I have been having nightmares about this entire test!:bluecry1: Sometimes I feel really confident, then sometimes that feeling turns to complete fear and incompetence!:banghead: I am so SCARED that I will forget something, but hopefully I will keep it all together. This test is way too expensive to repeat!:wtosts:And way to stressful!!

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