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Hi everyone, I'm a new nurse. The other day I had to give a patient 0.5 mL of benadryl IV push. He had a chest port (central line). The benadryl was in a 1ml vial. Here is how I did it. Please tell me if there is a better way. I got my smallest syringe, 3ml, and drew up the 0.5 mL. I knew I had to give the med in a 10ml syringe (since it's a central line), so I took a 10 ml syringe of normal saline, squirted out about half of it, then injected the 0.5 mL into that, (my drug guide said you can dilute it). The thing that bothered me about this is that 0.5 mL is such a tiny amount, and it seems like by the time I inject it into the 10 mL syringe, I've already lost some just from the transfer--like some of it was probably stuck to the sides of the original syringe and needle, etc. I feel like the patient isn 't getting the full dose. What do you think? Should I be concerned about this? What do you do?
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Thank you for your reply, I didn't feel comfortable drawing up 0.5 mL into the 10 mL syringe because I felt like it's not very accurate. But then, maybe I lose some of it by transferring it from the 3mL syringe, so I guess that's not so accurate either.
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Hi everyone, I'm a new nurse. The other day I had to give a patient 0.5 mL of benadryl IV push. He had a chest port (central line). The benadryl was in a 1ml vial. Here is how I did it. Please tell me if there is a better way. I got my smallest syringe, 3ml, and drew up the 0.5 mL. I knew I had to give the med in a 10ml syringe (since it's a central line), so I took a 10 ml syringe of normal saline, squirted out about half of it, then injected the 0.5 mL into that, (my drug guide said you can dilute it). The thing that bothered me about this is that 0.5 mL is such a tiny amount, and it seems like by the time I inject it into the 10 mL syringe, I've already lost some just from the transfer--like some of it was probably stuck to the sides of the original syringe and needle, etc. I feel like the patient isn 't getting the full dose. What do you think? Should I be concerned about this? What do you do?