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medication vials

My questions is I had to give an injection of Testosterone the other day and one vial only had less than 0.5ml left-so I drew that up and then obtained a new vial and drew up the remaining amount needed from the new vial. Is this not okay? I'm guessing not, because another LVN questioned me. A contamination issue,right?

total amount for injection: 2ml

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    Well, likely, there may be 2 different lot numbers/ expiration dates. If there were ever a manufacturer recall issue , or if the patient had an adverse reaction , it could pose a problem.

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    Did you use a sterile needle to draw up the medicine from vial number one? Did you use the same sterile needle to draw up the medicine from vial number two? If so, I do not see how any of these vials could have gotten contaminated.

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