IM Vitamin K & filter needles

[Tiki_Torch]

Just wondering...

Do you use a filter needle to draw up Vitamin K from glass ampules and then change the needle before giving the medication IM to newborn babies?

[gypsyatheart]

We use filter straws as well. In the past when filter needles/straws weren't available, I would break open the ampule, withdraw med w/larger guage needle, then transfer new needle onto syringe. Not great, but the best I could do to avoid picking up fragments.