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1. Im injection screw-up

   bertha1 replied to bertha1's topic in General Nursing

   Update, coworker is fine. No complaints that I know of. She's using both arms just fine...sigh. I heard the same about aspirating, no longer recommended. In school when I was about to inject saline into a classmate's delt, I got blood return upon asp...

2. Im injection screw-up

   bertha1 replied to bertha1's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks OnlybyHisgraceRN!

3. Im injection screw-up

   bertha1 replied to bertha1's topic in General Nursing

   well regarding that i found this online which makes me feel a bit better if some of the vac got in the subq. subcutaneous administration of inactivated hepatitis b vaccine by automatic jet injection to assess the feasibility of jet injection for mas...

4. Im injection screw-up

   bertha1 replied to bertha1's topic in General Nursing

   Well I wasn't exactly certain that I didn't get it all IM at the time, I was thinking at the time maybe I wasn't in the muscle all the way. It was later on as I was thinking about it that I was more concerned so I gave my medical director a call to a...

5. Im injection screw-up

   bertha1 replied to bertha1's topic in General Nursing

   I feel like I did all that. The only thing I can think of is that I wasn't in the most comfortable position for myself, I was sitting a little awkward. I think that's what it was. It threw me off a bit and I just couldn't tell until mid injection. I ...

6. Im injection screw-up

   bertha1 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Today I screwed up on a Hep B injection. I thought I had it in the muscle but felt resistance as I got about less than 1/4 of the vaccine in. I pushed the needle in further and felt a breakthrough, like now I'm finally in muscle. I was able to finish...