Carpijet?

MERRYWIDOW46 · Nov 19, 2009

Does anyone still use those?

I think most of us just take the needle part off and draw the medicaton up in a 10ml flush expelling the volume in the carpijet cartridge so that it is a total of 10ml at the end and inject it then flush with another 10ml.

Let me know if you find any.

PedsDrNurseTheo, ADN, BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, EMT-P, NP · Nov 19, 2009

http://www.remotemedical.com/Carpuject-Holder

Personally, I've found it easier to draw the medication out of the carpuject with a 3cc syringe and a 19 ga. needle, or even a blunt tip. The needleless luer lock on the end of the carpuject just pops off, and you have a rubber diaphragm at the end that you can pierce.

Your mileage may vary.

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meandragonbrett · Nov 19, 2009

I just draw it up in a syringe with a needle. No need to keep up with a carpuject thing then.

AnnaN5 · Nov 19, 2009

Our pharmacy has a whole stash of them so we just call down and ask them to send one up. Do you work at a hospital?

mamamerlee, LPN · Nov 19, 2009

I thought it was Carpiject. But if your facility uses them, either pharmacy or central supply should be carrying them. I'm surprised they are still around, don't know if they meet OSHA safety standards!!! And somewhere, buried deep in drawer, I probably still have one!!!

proudnurseRN · Nov 19, 2009

Since I'm a new nurse, will someone explain this to me? I've always just drawn up with a syringe and needle...is there something else that was once used?

AnnaN5 · Nov 19, 2009

This is a carpuject. At our hospital all Morphine and Dilaudid comes in the prefilled carpuject syringes that fit into this. I always just put the syringe into the carpuject and use it that way instead of drawing it up into a separate syringe.

May I ask why some would think this doesn't meet OSHA safety standards?

beckyu04 · Nov 19, 2009

I work in a cath lab and we use them all the time. It it much faster than drawing up the meds. I never used one until I began working in the cath lab and now I love them!!

shrimpchips, LPN · Nov 20, 2009

I've used a carpuject when giving IVP meds in prefilled cartridges...I liked using it and it was easier and faster than drawing up the med.

mamamerlee, LPN · Nov 20, 2009

Do newer versions have a retractable needle, or a needle guard? How can you release the barrel without recapping the needle? I remember always having to do a scoop to recap.

mombuxx · Nov 20, 2009

Love mine!! Use it all the time. Ours are supplied by pharmacy - just ask! Save alot of time and the waste of tranfering a med to a syringe. Not many nurses use them any more. Always wipe down with alcohol after use.