Filter needle when drawing from vials or not?

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  1. Filter needles used

    • 43
      Absolutely always
    • 1
      When I have time
    • 10
      Sometimes, on occasion
    • 15
      Never do, they are not required

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I have been concerned about this for some time. Our unit does not use them and I was taught to do so, but the coworkers think I'm nutty.

It is hard to understand why certain facilities do not use filter needles. I was taught to always use them. However, in one of my clinical settings while I was in school, they did not use them and thought we were nuts for asking where they were. This is basic patient safety. Shreds of glass can be very small and get in there and cause damage.

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