I Need A Tubex!!!

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When I first started nursing (3years ago) the pharmacy at my hospital stocked Tubex injectors. Not the old metal kind, but a new light blue plastic one with a twist grip on it... for use with needleless tubex med syringes. If you use one, you know what I'm talking about. My pharmacy has stopped stocking them and gone to the Carpuject injectors, which I HATE! I stocked up on a few of them at first but I'm down to only one which I guard with my life. I'm so afraid its going to break or get lost and then what??? Carpuject... ugghh. Anyone know where I can get some of these doodads?? I can't find anywhere online that sells them through my search engine and I've checked my local scrub shops and medical supply places with no luck.....

I love my little Tubex!

Specializes in Management, Emergency, Psych, Med Surg.

This post makes me feel so old. I have two old metal ones, one short and one long. They are almost antique now!!!

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Specializes in acute rehab, med surg, LTC, peds, home c.
So I have a questions. I used he carpuject and had my nurse manager tell me not to use it. She said I should always dilute the meds in ns, especially narcs since they are so irritating to the veins. I said, why do they make these then? She said, "It's better to dilute them." Thoughts? (The only thing we get in those types of vials are narcs.)

Diluting a narc before you give it? It just doesn't sound right to me. I have never done that. They come in concentrations, made by pharmacists, that are presumably acceptable. Why would we dilute them? We dont even add meds to bags anymore, it all comes from pharmacy the way it should be.

Anybody else ever heard of this?

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saw one for sale in ebay recently under blue tubex:)

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