Needless ports

[Mountainmama15]

Has anyone ever heard of a needless system that you are also able to use needles on if you don’t have a luer lock syringe available?

[Banana nut, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

Carpuject syringes can do both.

[Mountainmama15]

What about the needless adapters (iv hubs), are there any you can also use a needle on if need be? I ask because the facility I work at often has both kinds of syringes (luer lock and only ones that can be used with a needle). Its frustrating because we run out of the luer lock syringes often and I can’t use a normal syringe with a needle on the needless adapter to give meds. We are overseas so resupply is limited as well as options for resupply.

[Banana nut, BSN, RN, EMT-B]

You can use them with a leur lock or with a needle attachment for im or sq.

[Mountainmama15]

So are you saying you can use a needle setup and just put it in a needless port and inject meds, or it has to be given IM or SQ?
Sorry, it so difficult to ask equipment questions through a forum when you can’t explain it very well. ?

[K+MgSO4, BSN]

You can use leur slip syringes with needless systems, it is just a 1/4 turn to secure it in the IV hub. Definitely works for the Clave system.

[JKL33]

11 hours ago, Banana nut said:

You can use them with a leur lock or with a needle attachment for im or sq.

S/he isn't asking about that, but about whether or not you can stick a needle into a needleless port.

[Wuzzie]

You cannot use a needle in a needless system. Understanding the limitations of some overseas situations are you saying you get syringes that already have the needle attached? Outside of insulin and some TB syringes I have not seen syringes with needles that cannot be removed simply by twisting them off.

Could you link a website or picture of what you have?

[Jedrnurse, BSN, RN]

I got a chuckle because a needless port is one that is not necessary...?

[brownbook]

4 minutes ago, Jedrnurse said:

I got a chuckle because a needless port is one that is not necessary...?

I glanced at that word...thinking, maybe it's right. Now that I take a closet (ha ha, my computer auto-corrected closer to closet), closer look it's obviously not. Probably an auto-correct error.

[JKL33]

12 minutes ago, Jedrnurse said:

I got a chuckle because a needless port is one that is not necessary...?

Yes, upon reading the title I did think this was going to be an ethics post.

[Wuzzie]

Oh geez, I did the same thing on my post!