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  1. Question about using an Insulin Syringe to measure mls

    Twinkles2 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Hello, I have a question about syringes. I keep getting different answers to the same question in work. I am a Hospice nurse, so, in turn I administer a lot of morphine injections. We have 1ml luer...

  2. Question about using an Insulin Syringe to measure mls

    Twinkles2 replied to Twinkles2's topic in Patient Medications

    I have to get a sample of the syringe at my desk before I post much more, but it is not .33mg I was trying to convert. It is .33mls which equals 5 mg from a 15mg/ml vial.

  3. Question about using an Insulin Syringe to measure mls

    Twinkles2 replied to Twinkles2's topic in Patient Medications

    Hi Leslie, Thank you for your reply. I realize that 5mg would be easy to measure. We don't always give that amount. From our 15mg/ml vials, our measurements are many times, .33mls, or .66mls. Can...

  4. Question about using an Insulin Syringe to measure mls

    Twinkles2 replied to Twinkles2's topic in Patient Medications

    Well, if .33mls is 33 units, then I guess we could use the 1ml sryinges..that equal 100units? I think I have that right........from what you are saying. I will bring it up again in work and maybe we...

  5. Question about using an Insulin Syringe to measure mls

    Twinkles2 replied to Twinkles2's topic in Patient Medications

    Well, if 1unit is equal to 0.01ml, then the insulin syringe would not work to draw up mls, since we measure our meds as I previously stated..from vials that contain 15mg/ml or 10mg/ml...It would get...

  6. Question about using an Insulin Syringe to measure mls

    Twinkles2 replied to Twinkles2's topic in Patient Medications

    In response to my latest answer if we can use the insulin syringe to measure up mls. I believe my situation is a little different. We use Sub Q butterflies and draw up very small amounts of morphine...

  7. Question about using an Insulin Syringe to measure mls

    Twinkles2 replied to Twinkles2's topic in Patient Medications

    Thanks for your answer, but what I guess I want to know is can you measures parts of mls in a 1ml Insulin syringe that is labelled units? We give shots made up of .33mls, .5, or .66 mls at times....